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Colleen, You missed the part at the end of the Nail on the head statement......
" I don't know how inspiring the competition will be for all the kids who have to hear, "Sorry, We weren't good enough to go to Disney this year". But I'm just one voice ".
He was being sarcastic and hes right about not going to Florida, its a great shame to tell students that after all their hard work that they will now be banned from the prize they have worked so hard for. We were encouraged to spread the word about FIRST and we all did our part to get more and more teams to join, and because of the teams doing their part so well we are now deligated to only join the full fun every other year, unless your a "SELECTIVE" Team.
I guess its easy to be "UP" If your an even # team this year, but your out of luck if your an odd#. Dean Needs to rethink this whole Idea or teams will start dropping out.
As for teams that are struggling to make the funds to go and would have a real problem collecting an extra few hundred $$$, its got to be easier to fund raise a few $$$ than the FIVE points need to go to Florida.
The Regionals are only a taste of the Nationals and in my oppinion are just to test your Robot for the main event...... FLORIDA.
Nick 237
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