[sburro]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

As we all get to compete, debate about rules, and get awards, there is a group of people who bust their collective butts and don't get much credit.

Here's to FIRST.
Here's to the people who made the fields work during week one.
Here's to the people who stuck with the scoring system to get it to work.
Here is to the people who set up and tore down all of these fields all over the country, putting in 14-16 hour days to make things fun for us.
Here's to the people who listen to our gripes, take our requests, and deal with primadonna VIPS (some, not all) for 6 weekends out of the last 7.
Here's to the staff that coordinates about 1000 volunteers while catering to business and education leaders.

They put in long hours, work hard, play hard, and spend much time away from their families.

So... we may complain that you don't get everything right. We may whine about rules updates, prints not being right, or our infra-red sensor not working properly. We may want to practice our robot in that storage area over there, you tell us not to, and we're ticked... but we do appreciate you.

Please keep up the good work. Fight the good fight. Your work is appreciated.

Sincerely,
Andy B.


ps... hey, all you FIRSTers! I sent a note like this to FIRST (frcteams@usfirst.org), if you feel the same way I do, do the same!

Well said. If I could add anything it would be the people who first came up with the idea of FIRST, for without them, I would not be here today. THANKS!