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Re: Alan Anderson, Team #45 - WFF!

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
OK, so it just goes to show you: If folks at the level of Alan are just now getting recognized...
I think part of it is that a lot of programs have so many excellent mentors and only one per year can be nominated. There are plenty of WFF's out there that sadly will not be WFA's simply because their teams instead choose to recognize somebody else who needs the recondition (Karthik comes to mind). In the case of 45, I know they have a few WFFA's still involved including Alan.

On a side note, this is why I think FIRST should tweak the rules to allow teams with WFF's as mentors to be able to both nominate any of thier WFF's for WF directly and also nominate a mentor for WFF, as if we truly mean WF's to be model mentors and not just model mentors who were unsung (which in many cases is not the case with whom wins it).

Then again, there are so many who are worthy that with one awarded per year, there will always be those who never see it despite being worthy. Ironically, this is what makes FIRST so awesome, that we have so many good awesome mentors, that they continue to be awesome, WF(F) or not.

PS- Congrats Alan, you earned it.
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