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Originally Posted by rourke
... Keep the good aspects, toss out the bad. Focus it on growth only. I believe FIRST can grow faster with it, than without it.
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I don't understand how you're tossing out the bad. Regardless of -why- a team choses to enter into a manufacturing alliance, doing so provides a competitive advantage, especially if the members of that manufacturing alliance attend the same regionals or are in the same division at the championship. There are many teams for whom such manufacturing alliances are not possible. There are also teams for whom manufacturing alliances are undesirable despite the competitive advantage they provide. My belief is that FIRST's tolerance and encouragement of manufacturing alliances is driving mentors away.
I can't explain my point of view more clearly than I did two years ago when this issue first flared up. So, I'll just
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Originally Posted by Me
My personal motivation for volunteering in FIRST is twofold. I strongly agree with the ideals and high level objectives of FIRST. I go to bed at night feeling good about having done something positive and contributing to my community. But, when I go in early, stay late, design, strategize, motivate, and pour my sweat and blood into a robot, I do it because I want to do whatever I can to help my team win.
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