[Gdeaver]

There were several major problems facing the First ORG this year. The lack of resources to address these fires was very apparent. I believe that this is a result of Firsts success and growth. Dean's push for massive growth this year is a dangerous thing. First can not grow to 10,000 20,000 or 100,000 teams with out a major restructuring of First.ORG. Actually First needs to start thinking like First.INC. They need to develop a .INC mentality and implement business systems to handle the future growth. The systems need to be in place before the growth. How to actually do this is complex and more than a few companies have failed in there effort to grow because of a lack of structure. I may start a thread later on to discuss " How to grow First".