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Originally Posted by Knufire
I just wanted to clarify that I wasn't trying to imply that other local alumni groups (GOFIRST) aren't dedicated. In fact, I was trying to state the opposite; if NDSU is providing so many volunteers to the MN regionals, I'm sure that GOFIRST can provide even more just based on the sizes of the two universities. I just felt like GOFIRST hasn't been as well utilized by the RPC as NDSU has, and the hope that GOFIRST could follow the NDSU example in the future is the hope that the opportunities that GOFIRST needs will be given to them.
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It's not a question of the RPC "utilizing" each group differently. Last year Ryan came to us (not the other way around) and said "I've got about 30 students that want to volunteer", and then worked with us to get each of them into an appropriate volunteer spot, based on their desires, knowledge, and experience with FIRST. I believe it was that push from him and his group that led to our creating a more formalized training regimen at one of our off-season events last fall. We would love to have student groups from all the other universities in MN (not just the major one's you've heard of!) bring us volunteers like that!
Oh, and the president of GOFIRST is also on the RPC each year, while NDSU's Bison Robotic's is not represented at this time.