[meaubry]

We (Chief Delphi leaders) try and review how things went and where improvements could be made in managing this website on a regular basis.
We rely on Brandon to guide us on the technical related stuff, and Mike M and I try to make sure the guidelines, rules, underlying message, and mission still make sense.

Past problems, are discussed along with potential solutions.

Posting annon (without being associated with a team#) has been discussed numerous times over the years.

Many students that graduate and move on to college and beyond, are still interested in communicating with the rest of the FIRST community - yet don't really feel that they should be identified with their past team(s).

We respect that and believe the value and insight that these mentors can bring to this community, along with parents, teachers, and coaches no longer associated with a team, is well worth the risk of not requiring a team# association.

We have discussed using a non-FIRST team # to represent this growing faction in the FIRST community - we will need to review this again to see if it is time to ask that group to modify their team# to something like "FIRST Supporter" or "CD community member", to distinguish between themselves from those that want to be viewed as having association with "No Team".

I hope this helps everyone understand better that we DO want the best for this website community and we welcome suggestions that help us manage it for the betterment of FIRST.

We also hope this ugly trend diminshes and goes away - keep up the good work moderators.

Mike Aubry
Engineering Team Leader