[JohnFogarty]

I'm usually still in hibernation for another 2 weeks. :yawn:

I think the largest issue I've seen in my brief 10 years in FIRST is that teams lack a good financial, mentor, and recruiting foundation to be successful in FRC. If the gap between teams is so large in that respect it generally lowers the competition in a given area. Teams need to be more creative and helping other teams understand the best ways to become sustainable and to help generate new ideas for fundraising. I think just doing those two things would raise the bar significantly over time for not only the PCH district, but FIRST teams across the country. I've heard the announcements from judges at regional events in the past about the budget that Kell Robotics had and that didn't make me salty...it made me want to learn about how they got to that point.