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Originally Posted by falconmaster

We worked through a state legislature and help to craft the bill. We testified when the bill was in comittee and passed unanimously. When it got to the house floor it was cut out. We are not allowed to testify there. We will help get it introduced again but this time we will lobby all the members and hold pep ralley in from of the state capitol. I think we can get more FIRST teams to particpate in the lobbying. Hopefully we won't have to "carry" the weight ourselves. Our FIRST community is very small in AZ and many teams can barely hang on to just being a team. We need to get stronger and more political as a group. Another highschool in Sierra Vista, Buena H.S. seems to be the next up and coming team to jump in and share in the fight. We are working on getting more teams!!

Anytime you need help here in Arizona, don't be afraid to ask. Communication is hard with our teams this spread out (I'm glad to finally see a decent number of Arizona team members here on Chiefdelphi). Alot of us have trouble keeping everything for our teams together, but we can still add a little something to the cause.

And for those who don't know, 842 is the leading team in Arizona as far as FIRST is concerned. Their Chairman's awards really aren't enough of an award for the amount they've done for this state.

I can't wait for the day we finally see that FIRST teams make up the majority of high schools.