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Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil
I think this is a wonderful idea- it encourages people to be generous at the same time publicly praising them for their support.
I disagree, if there wasn't advertising oppurtunities in FIRST there wouldn't be nearly as much funding from company sponsorship. I certainly wouldn't call a representative from a sponsor ungracious for wanting his advertising at a venue or on the robot.
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Mike it seems you just disagreed with me.. but didn't address what I said at all. So I'm curious.. do you disagree with my statement or me? I'm very confused. Also with what you said.. I disagree.. I find it actually unprofessional for the sponsors wanting to be "reimbursed" for helping students find the joys of science and technology. You can say.. "well this is just how the world works".. but I disagree.. this is what we've come to expect - We've come to notice a world that is Non-Gp.. and this is Deam Kamens dream to fix it. I think he would very much like for us not to parade around the sponsors names... but rather just thank them.. because we will as a community understand that their monetary sacrifices furthered FIRSTs' ideas. SO instead of having to display their names everywhere.. we thank them when we notice the appropriate times because we are actually gracious.
When you aren't forced to do something.. the meaning of it is 1000X greater.
I don't know if that makes sense.. but the idea is 100% clear to me.. if you didn't get it- I'll try to clean it up and repost
First it is my feeling that gracious professionals don't necessitate rewards for their actions.