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Originally Posted by Riverdance
Most people that I've spoken to have pointed out the lack of feedback as a negative, and I have to agree, for many reasons. That being said, I attended the Chairman's Chat presentation at Championship and the same issue was brought up. Karthik responded that the Hall of Fame teams spoke to FIRST about the issue when the decision was first made and they were surprised that it was being considered an issue, as only one team besides the aforementioned Hall of Fame teams had spoken out by contacting FIRST itself.
When we take issue with a policy that FIRST implements, it is our duty as teams to speak out. Clearly, we all thought that everyone else was going to send an email about it and didn't bother doing it ourselves. The clear solution here is to voice our passion to FIRST. They aren't going to fix it if they don't know that it's a problem.
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I question this. I know for a fact I contacted FIRST (in my capacities as a Judge Advisor, Planning Committee member, and mentor) and I find it very hard to believe we were the only ones.
It's also completely at odds with the feedback I got from Frank in which he was well aware that the lack of feedback was a problem (I received this feedback two distinct times, during build a week after the announcement was made and during a feedback session at Championships)
In fact, I know that FIRST is being pushed to provide even more feedback. DL and Entrepreneurship were the top of my list but I'd like to see some form of feedback about the interviews conducted by judges. HQ has been made aware of this but there are a ton of logistical issues with implementing more feedback to teams.
I'll tell you the same feedback I've said all along, it's a step backwards. I understand why the step was made but I hope that we can come up with a solution to those problems and give teams back their feedback.