Forgive me if my agreeing with Amanda offended anyone. When I read her post I believe that she is being a little sarcastic to get her point across. What my take was from her post is that there are too many people willing to slam other teams. I am going to take a little liberty with Team 1114 so please don't jump on me yet. Karthik if I offend PM me and I will fix it.
Team 1114 is a Canadian team sponsored by GM. They are able to attend multi regionals and Championships. They must be loaded. Look at their robot. Unlimited funds and resources.
Now let's be real. I know (and poke fun at) members of that team. I know that they don't have unlimited funds. I know that they are a very generous team with helping others with time and parts. I also know that they came to us to do part swaps so that they could manage their funds better. In reality I don't know their financial state. I do know and others that have met them know that this team, because of their funding, is able to have a large impact on FIRST and a ton of other teams. I sometimes wish that we had more money just as EVERY team in FIRST does. This is reality!!! I am really happy for the fact that they are in FIRST and at no time do I look down on them because of their funding. They have big problems, well one anyway (KARTHIK) and they can keep their money IF they keep him.
Let's rejoice in the fact that there are sponsors out there that give us money. Let's look positively for solutions that can help some of the less financially sound teams. We have seen on these threads lately that some of the older teams have been having a hard time. Every team will go through good and bad spells and how we emerge tells what type of team we are. What that means is that we must do our best and keep our heads up and always try to move forward.
Being Canadian we have no access to NASA funding but we do reap some of the benefits. More GREAT regionals, great engineers and great support for FIRST. Let's look at all of the good. If I were running a regional and I had a chance to bring Team 71 or any of the other "powerhouse" teams, I would sure try, for the sake of FIRST and putting on a good regional, to both inspire and promote.
Please understand that this post is meant to be a bit humorous as well.
