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Re: Serious Plea for Help from CD Community/Please Read
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As a former FIRST student-turned-mentor, I find this extremely unfortunate. 20+ students on our team and countless students across the nation work extremely hard for the AVA every year and are so busy that they do little work on the actual robot. The efforts of these students can already be somewhat overshadowed by the number of awards associated with the robot at regional events (I am not suggesting that we eliminate any of those awards). Consolidating ~30-40 AVAs into one is hardly sending the right message to these kids. Through these regional awards, we show them that their efforts are worthwhile, important, and appreciated, and I urge anyone with the ability to change this decision to reconsider.