[Mike Martus]

Advertising on the site in a forum contex is not allowed for many reasons. The greatest reason is opening the floodgates to the entire internet and crowding/filling the forum with unwanted spam.

I have contacted this person and encouraged him to get involved with FIRST in any number of ways if he is interested. Developing or forming a local team is just but one option. I did encourage him to investigate FIRST. I also cautioned him regarding personal information on a public forum.

At this point I think I will close the thread. At a later date it may remove if deemed appropriate.