[Pavan Dave]

I was asked to give my thoughts on this topic in Atlanta so here it is.

I think that the HoF needs to be revamped big time! I think teams need to show what they did to impact their community and help spread the message of FIRST. Teams need to bring not only films of what they did "back in the day" to win the award but visuals such as playing fields, current movies and pictures, and more than that I would love to see packets of information with people knowledgeable about everything. Sure we all enjoy you posting pictures of your robots and pictures of your teams and some videos you guys made "once upon a time", but what do you do NOW?

You are supposed to set an example, not only back then when you won the award, but NOW and I do not see that. I think the HoF is very important but is lacking of information. Sure I can pick up brochures of stuff you do and read about your impact but that doesn't matter anymore (meaning you don't have to show off to the judges, etc., you already won), now you need brochures with information on HOW you host different activities, HOW you help XYZ number of FLL teams, HOW you raised 10M dollars for the UVW cause, and more importantly HOW you get people interested in Robotics Education** from A to Z - talking to people about starting teams, to helping fund the FIRST $RST amount of money and how to sustain that team with teachers, sponsors, the community.

We can find the information you currently present by asking people at your pits, or your websites. If you have the information I ask for in your HoF where it is easily accessible due to a robot-free, stress-free environment, you could help start more teams by helping us start more teams, and while thinking of ways to do this you can better yourself.

**I mean Robotics Education and not specifically FIRST teams. Spreading the message of FIRST does not mean spreading ONLY FRC/FLL/FTC, it means the message: the inspiration and recognition of science and technology.



EDIT: I also want to see EVERYTHING you do in the public domain. From every speech you have written speaking about robotics education to the Chairman's submission that you won your award with. I want yearly recaps and possibly seasonal newsletters, if not individually then by a collaboration where a team takes charge and publishes the paper full of a summary by each team and distributes it in both an electronic and physical fashion.


More edits to come soon as I think even harder overnight.

Pavan


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