[Koko Ed]

The one great thing about the HOF is that the teams get to do in the HOF what the team competing for the Chairman's award are no longer allowed to do and go totally multi media to express their mission to the rest of FIRST in an almost totally free expession of ideas. Almost no limits in creativity indesign. You can use video, graphics, music and design. There are alot of really creative fun ideas bouncing around down there (even though FIRST has cracked down a bit and has banned the 3D displays like the really cool pyramid that the Scarabian Knights erected. Which is too bad because they did a really nice job on it).
We're getting started on this year's design right now. Hopefully all will turn out well to what we have in mind. I can't wait to see what everyone else come sup with!
One thing I hope returns in a much better form than what was down there last year, is the Woodie Flowers award winners. With a little more time to plan for it I hope it gets the attention that it deserves (don't make me do another petition, because I will!). These folks who gave their time and energy to FIRST and had help to make FIRST the great institiution that it is today and they deserve to be up there on the same pedistal that the HOF teams are. They should be treated with more respect than the display last year had shown. If they had done such a display as a last minute afterthought to Woodie or Dean there would have been hell to pay on these pages. It should be the same for these people as well. No last minute throwing it togehter. If it cannot be done in a reasonable amount of time for a professional looking display then it really shouldn't be dome at all).