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Originally Posted by AJunx
Absolutely. In fact, I could not imagine a more appropriate or capable group of people to whom this task could be appointed. Who better to spread the word of FIRST than teams of dedicated engineers, enthusiastic teachers and college students, and inspired high school students?
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But Andrew, I see an enormous difference between asking a group such as the FRC teams to help grow the FIRST program, and asking them to PAY for growing the FIRST program.
In the interests of playing the devil's advocate, I would pose the question at the opposite extreme: the FRC teams are helping FIRST grow their program. FIRST is the most direct beneficiary of those efforts, not the FRC teams. If that is the case, is it really appropriate for FIRST to ask the FRC teams to pay for the privilege of growing FIRST? Shouldn't it really be the other way around - for every new FRC (or VEX or FLL) team that a FRC team creates, should they be paid a reward by FIRST?
-dave