[Anne Shade]

Thanks Andy for bringing everyones attention to a piece we were starting to miss.

We always seem to concentrate on what FIRST does wrong after events and we often forget that they do much more right. There is an incredible amount of work that goes into putting on these events and running the FIRST organization as a whole. There are very few FIRST staff members that have to make this huge organization work. For the FIRST staff member, the regional coordinators, the regional committees, the volunteers, and everyone that helped make this year a success thank you.

For all those of you reading this, I would also recommend getting in touch with your regional coordinator and regional planning committee and writing them a thank you letter. They also put in a lot of work to put on your regional events and help improve FIRST on a local level.