[Joe Lambie]

I have a couple quite memorable moments of dedication form my four years on team 93. My first encounter with dedication and commitment came my sophomore year when myself and 2 students and a couple of engineers were at school till 6am ship day morning than back a hour later working straight through till 5pm to get stuff done. What makes that event worth remembering is when my dad walked in around 530am to see how things were going on his way to work !! I found that amusing to say the least. The following year again some teammates of mine and myself were at school late. This year, we basically forced a teacher into staying by going back to work shortly after almost everyone had left. Jeff Mathes and I were sitting staring at the bot knowing we needed an excuse to stay, or else there would not be much of a competition for us that year. So we discovered no one had touched a part of the robot that needed to be on it or else we couldn't't start our matches. So we dug out the parts and went to work and worked till 530am, then returned at 7am to work till 5pm again. My final memory regarding dedication is when I was on a college visit my senior year. I made the drive from the college to a scrimmage just so I could make sure that the bot ran smoothly and I would not loose my much pined after driving position. Needless to say it was about an one hour drive one way to get to this scrimmage and it was well worth my time. All in all I had fun and actually missed our all nighters once we stopped needing them. I think without the dedication many people put into FIRST, it would not be anything like it is today. Its that commitment to get things done no matter what the odds and challenges are which makes FIRST so much fun and as rewarding as it is.