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Re: New FIRST competition structure in Michigan

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Originally Posted by JVN View Post
I agree 100%. Everyone should have a voice in how this program is run, not just the people with the most experience and the greatest insight on how to run a program. After all, everyone has an opinion.

If I had to choose a group to determine programmatic direction, I would certainly select a balanced group of people who have lots of experience, and people who do not -- to ensure everyone gets the chance to put their stink on things. Every opinion carries equal weight. Right?

-John
I believe Fuzzy might be more concerned not with granting spots on the planning committee to the "proletariat" commoner teams unfamilar with such dealings, but instead in seeing that those "in the know" teams and officials sought out sufficient input from numerous teams across the Michigan landscape who were not a part of the planning. Perhaps he is suggesting there should have been/should still be a series of "town hall meetings" that might have led to realizations such as "Oh fudge, we never thought that this plan as it is constructed might be problematic for Upper Peninsula teams," for example?

If such input was not openly sought from "the masses" during the development process, then I feel some of his concerns (and those of others) have merit, regardless of the abrupt way in which they were publicly communicated.

But I'm just a *lowly* Ohio State Buckeye fan....who am I to suggest what people from Michigan think?
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