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Originally Posted by IKE
NY Mentor- FIRST time at Champs wanted to know more about location selection. ?? cited that FIRST from a geopgraphy standpoint would have liked Salt Lake City Utah & Detroit, but that could not be worked out.
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Im glad this was addressed, I was very curious myself. Salt Lake seemed like the logical location but if you cant get the venue you cant get it.
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Originally Posted by IKE
NJ #1 Mentor: Asked why FIRST did not engage experts in decision. Cited airline experience and Detroit being a shrinking Hub. FIRST asked him to get to his question. He cited concerns about bringing kids to the most Dangerous City in the US. His follow up question was asking which FIRST member has vacationed in Detroit. FIRST cited some similar items about safety as earlier question, and the Mentor asked again who had vacationed in Detroit to which no one had.
*It should be noted that I believe there is a FIRST regional in or within 20 minutes of 7/10 of these most dangerous cities in the US, and St. Louis, current World Championship cite is #4... Just sayin.... http://lawstreetmedia.com/crime-amer...ties-200000-2/
**Note there are several nice "I'm so tough I vacation in Detroit" T-Shirts available at various stores... |
Gosh I wish people would stop ragging on Detroit. As you said, so many Events are hosted near "dangerous" cities, our lovely St. Louis being one of them.
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Originally Posted by IKE
I also thought that the question of "alumni" on the board was a very good point/question to make. When I was in high school, I was one of 2 Junior Leaders that sat on the fair council meetings. While we were outnumbered by adults, it was occasionally beneficial for them to get/understand the student perspective for decisions. I think having a former student or having a panel of say Dean's List students weighing in on some important questions might benefit FIRST a lot.
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Very, VERY good point.
Thank you greatly for your notes. I hope someone recorded it- I would love to see everything not-shorthand. Ill take what I can get, as it stands I was neck deep in sorting out the queue behind the curtains when this was going on. Thanks much for the time to write it all out
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