[Joe Matt]

WHAT IS FREELANCE FIRST?

Freelance FIRST is a new idea that came to me after M. Krass brought up the idea. Since M dosn't have a team, M wants to help others by using her skills on CAD. So this got me thinking: what if lots of people get together and pool their talents to create some original content for FIRST teams to use? This could be anything they could use, from CAD to non-copyrighted songs for their animations, this would encompass all aspects of FIRST.

'Freelance FIRST' would be a resource, or a library per say, of many resources FIRST teams could use. From open-source programs, to programming, to PR sheets with nice FIRST info, to help with CAD and Autodesk. The idea wouldn't be things teams would copy-and-paste necessarily, but more on the idea of starting blocks.

A good example would be the new autonomous codes. Many new and old teams didn't know what to do. But if Freelance FIRST was around last year, FF would supply some info and beta test code for line tracking, dead recog, etc.

What Can I Do To Help?

Freelance FIRST is just starting out, so I'll need lots of input. I'm still wondering how this will be all carried out, should it have it's own website? Newsletter? Will this be affiliated with a team website? If you have any offers or opinions, then post them here or PM me with them.

How will this info be accessed?

Don't know now. A newsletter, website, and other things are currently my ideas, your opinions are welcome.

When Will This Be Up?

As soon as all the bugs are worked out, people help with ideas and content, and people are ready to take in the info.

Thanks for reading my idea and hopefully you can submit some material. I hope this can become a new, huge, resource for teams.