[Jeff Waegelin]

Katy,

I definitely agree with what you've said here. Critical evaluation is absolutely necessary for any organization to thrive and grow. If we want the FIRST program to continue to grow, there needs to be room for discussion about the "hard questions" of where the organization is going. This is not to say that we should have an open free-for-all to bash FIRST - that would be neither productive nor professional. What we need is to maintain a professional attitude while discussing our thoughts about what's going on - negative and positive (and there's a lot of positive things going on!).

I would hope that everyone can read and consider this. FIRST is about changing the culture... and as they say, change starts at home. Let's have some positive change here in our online home.

-Jeff