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Originally Posted by Siri
Questions I have in reading this thread:
1) Do we understand how many (whether greater than or equal to zero) students will now not be able to participate in FIRST? In their preferred program? In any robotics program? Is FiM making an active effort to prevent this, and can someone knowledgeable assess that effort?
2) Do the FiM/MI grants sufficiently offset costs for teams that need to convert from FLL to FTC? Is this transition being facilitated, and how well?
3) Does the dislike around telling teams what to do extend to the current worldwide age cutoffs? (I'm not saying this negates any argument, not the least because change itself is important.) FLL is capped at 14yo in North America and 16yo externally. Are there 15/17-year-olds who want to continue in FLL or are in places without alternatives? What if any help happens there that might be adopted here?
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#2 - FTC is essentially free to start teams with the amount of grant money FiM provides.