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Re: What's this about a petition?
Posted by Kyle Huang, Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Gunn High School and Nasa Ames, Sun Microsystems, Xerox.

Posted on 3/2/99 12:35 AM MST


In Reply to: What's this about a petition? posted by Mike King on 3/1/99 8:17 PM MST:



: Without naming names, please fill the rest of us in.

I believe i can fill in the blanks about this petition. After the first day
at the West Coast Regional at Nasa/Ames, one team was apparently very angry
at us (Gunn Robotics Team) because they thought we were being too rough. So
they decided to pass around a petition to all the teams in an attempt to
get our team kicked out of the competition - they failed. I don't know
exactly how many teams actually signed the petition.

I'm a first year member at GRT, so i've never been to florida. But from what
I hear, FIRST sees the competition like a game of rugby - a full contact
sport. The way i see this petition, is a rookie team wasn't ready for what
this competition was really going to be like. They didn't think it would be
anything close to a rough sport, so they got a little upset. So if they
think our robot was rough, they'll have a helluva shock when they get to
florida! Even so, i don't think it was good sportsmanship to pass around
a petition like this one.

I can't wait to get to florida - see you all there!!!


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