[Kevin Sevcik]

I'll concur with Greg. There's some rather larger priorities at the moment. I know we all like to pretend the FIRST is the extent of our little universe, but there's a lot more outside it. I'm certain the students on teams in the worst affected areas are worried about more important things than if they'll get to compete next year. Things like if they'll have a place to live next year. Once more basic concerns are addressed, then we can worry about little luxuries like robotics.

To Gary, I applaud your call for funds, but ask that you don't belittle what Houston is doing with the Astrodome. It's housing for people without any and is likely to be the only housing available to them for a long time to come. Reliant Park has completely cleared the Dome's schedule to give these people somewhere to live. San Antonio has offered to take in another 25,000 people. Astroworld is giving free admission to anyone with a LA or MS driver's license, and free admission to ALL on monday. A local radio station has been running a Requestathon since 6am yesterday and has raised over $180K for the red cross. Texas is giving an awful lot to support our brothers and sisters affected by this disaster.