He only
thinks he's an outsider. Once you have the disease, it never goes away...
Anyway: It appears that FIRST has grown up while we weren't watching (or maybe watching too closely): it HAS become an event, and it DOES have spectators who don't have copies of The Manual.
- The programs are one place to start: Give them out at the entrance, not at (or in addition to) Pit Admin. Will a team volunteer for this in NY City?
- Animations for the common penalties are a great idea. Is there a team who can do this for this year, maybe for the Championships??
- There should be signs at the spectator entrance(s) explaining that they are welcome and encouraged to visit the Pits - and mentioning the programs. FIRST?
Now that non-FIRST people are showing up, we need to educate them - note that most of them are not present for the opening ceremonies, so they miss all that useful background stuff - maybe FIRST can play those video clips (the game, Dean, Woodie, etc) somewhere on a continuous loop?
More questions than answers, more requests than concrete actions, but just wait until
next year...
Don