[Madison]

A bunch questions that someone, somewhere might be able to answer:

Is this a "pilot" for an ongoing change that affects only Michigan, or is there some plan or expectation by FIRST to roll these changes out into other parts of the country or world?

If these changes will in the future be effected outside of Michigan, which teams and volunteers outside of Michigan provided input into the model that you are planning to use? When and how was this input solicited?

If these changes will not affect teams outside of Michigan in 2010 or beyond, what plan is in place or being formed that will provide teams elsewhere with comparable return on investment? Who is responsible for developing that plan and what resources are available to aid in its development?

Do you have criteria by which success of this "pilot" will be judged? What is that criteria? What data was collected from the Kettering Rookie Event in 2008 to determine its success and how does that data measure up to data collected at other, more typical events? Who was sampled to collect that data -- teams alone, sponsors, friends, family, strangers? What level of exposure did they have to FIRST before their experience at Kettering?