[Lil' Lavery]

Considering the first non-North American regional was created in 2005 in Israel, the fact that FIRST will be creating it's 2nd in Brazil just 2 years later is astounding. As mentioned by Greg earlier, it used to be US FIRST, not just FIRST. Every year, at the Championship, kick-off, and regionals, Dean talks about how FIRST was created because AMERICA was falling behind in science and technology. While international expansion is great, and eventually may become the primary focus of FIRST, it should be a secondary desire in the immediate future. Not until FIRST is in every public school in the United States will I say we are ready to shift our focus and make international teams the primary effort of FIRST.