I'll end this here and now, and get us back on topic to N.E.R.D. Vision...
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Originally Posted by artdutra04
Way back in the summer of 1787, several dozen delegates from the thirteen original colonies met in complete secrecy to rewrite the laws on which this country was founded from the ground up. As a result of these secret meetings, the United States Constitution was born. One might argue that why should the formation of a democratic nation be solely the work or an "elitist" group of rich and wealthy delegates?
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FIRST isn't a despotic nation, ruled by a group of aristocrats; England was (for the record, I'm English).
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Originally Posted by artdutra04
The N.E.R.D. organization wanted to start small at first with a small group of people to help set organization in the right direction. And once everything is moving in the right direction we said we would begin to get more and more people involved in the program - which is what we are doing at the moment. Over the last few months, we have added literally dozens of new N.E.R.D.s; the only difference is that we have stopped posting pictures of every N.E.R.D. here on Chief Delphi.
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The argument that it seems many people have against the organization is that many respected, known people in the New England area weren't added into N.E.R.D., solely because they weren't "in the circle of friends of Andy Grady" (I won't cite who said this, they want to remain anonymous).
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Originally Posted by artdutra04
We are extremely sorry that you may feel offended by us, as we have never meant for any of that reaction to occur. This is not any different than IndianaFIRST promoting FIRST in Indiana. Would I call InFIRST elitist because they primarily focused on supporting FIRST only in Indiana? No. Would I call N.E.R.D. elitist because our primary goal is supporting FIRST in New England? No.
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IndianaFIRST doesn't have an exclusive membership list like N.E.R.D. does. People don't have a problem because its just New England being affected, but rather that there isn't an open membership.
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Originally Posted by artdutra04
The only difference I can see between the two organizations is that N.E.R.D. hit a sweet spot among the FIRST community - where many consider themselves nerds or geeks. One may argue that our organization is a victim of its own popularity, in that everyone in FIRST wants to be a "nerd", while the primary goal of our organization is growing and maturing FIRST in the New England region. We're sorry our name is so popular.
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You might want to ask around. That really isn't the issue.
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And now returning to N.E.R.D. Vision:
You guys have a good thing going with the video. There occasionally are some points in the episodes where things go a bit off topic, and people lose track of what's happening. I've had to pause the video while watching it some times just so I can take a break from the constant talking, with little differenciation between topics. Perhaps you could add an overlay on the video showing the section of the episode you're on.
Speaking of overlays, would it be possible to also post the host names at the bottom of the screen under each person at the start of the show? It'd make it much easier for those who don't know the faces of the hosts too well to learn them.