[Joe Matt]

Hey, I"m not slamming BEST, I'm just pointing out what I see. I havn't been to a BEST competition nor have I ever heard of them before today. I agree that just because BEST is 100% volunteer dosn't make it any better. My mom and dad have done many things for FIRST. My dad has been a regional judge and inspector head all the way to a judge in Altanta. Did he get paid? Nope. My mom has been working on field reset and on regional survey crew. She will be heading up the local regional VIP area. Does she get paid. Nope

Just because FIRST advertises and gets money dosn't mean it's worse than BEST, nor does it need to learn anything from BEST.

Here's what I know and see:

An organization that gets money from outside sources tends to run better in bad times than an organization that is run out of pocket by two guys. That's what I know.

Hopefully when we move to Philly next year we can look into this BEST thing more. And also sorry about how the glamor post turned out, I was just saying that mabey FIRST has achieved something BEST hasn't (or can't, I don't know yet).