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Originally Posted by Corey Balint
To weed out any problems there might be.
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Okay, believe me, I'm definitely one to admit there are issues with FIRST and that many things could use an overhaul. Even more so, I have no reason to benefit or gain anything from this post. However, you're poking a tiger in a cage with this one.
"...any problems there might be" is a non-statement. It pretty much cemented my opinion that this thread is inflammatory for the sake of stirring things up where no issue exists. To dance around the issue and vaguely not-say that the GDC members may or may not be cheating or 'pre-planning' is not only not funny, but disrespectful to their teams.
So of the folks that were announced on the GDC at Kickoff (since we've established that whomever else you insinuated are not on the GDC), there is the FIRST Founder, the FIRST National Advisor, the FRC Director of Programs, one member of the FIRST staff, two WFFAs, one former FRC Director of Programs, an Assistant Regional Director, the FRC National Head Referee, a NASA Program Executive, an ASME Edwin F. Church Medal winner, and the RIA Joseph Engleberger Medal winner. That heavy list of titles comes from a group of only eight people.
Of the four that aren't currently employed by FIRST, their teams in 2008 had these accomplishments:
2008 VA Autodesk Visualization Award
2008 NY Regional Chairman's Award
2008 GA Rookie Inspiration Award
2008 SC Rookie Inspiration Award
2008 GA Imagery
None of these are performance-based.
And lastly, but not certainly not least - what is a 'good amount of people'? You do realize the comments made on the ChiefDelphi forums are a microcosm of the actual feedback that FIRST receives, right? It's just weird that you say that after this weekend, when I heard from folks there that the response to this year's game has been absolutely overwhelmingly positive.
I do realize the accusatory tone of
my post, and I'm almost sad that it's come to researching and reading off all of these facts. However, few things get me as riled up on these forums as posts without factual information behind them, especially dancing around an issue that you have no basis to support.
If you've got a legitimate problem with the GDC, complain directly to FIRST. It is their staff and hand-picked volunteers that you're throwing under the bus, and you're not going to get any results writing about it on ChiefDelphi.