[Tonya Scott 476]

Wow---thanks for the positive responses.

My thoughts are that maybe starting this process at the regional level would be a good start.

Simply by offering learning sessions at the regional for the younger teams, or teams that just want to know more about a particular subject.

I'm sure that most of the Regional Venues have conference rooms.

I guess the next step is to let FIRST know that this is the direction we would like to see the competitions follow.


I would like more input with more specific ideas if anyone would share. Please continue adding to this thread, and I will carry share them with FIRST.


The BIG convention ideas and the learning sessions could be coordinated by a panal of team volunteers if the idea is more than what FIRST would want to deal with. Since the leaders of the learning sessions are team members/mentors, then it makes sense to do it that way. But FIRST would have to decide what role they want to have in this.

Let us all keep brainstorming on this idea, and please keep posting your ideas. THis process lets us gather lots of different aspects.

Thanks everybody.