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Originally Posted by IKE
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I like the FiM "Idea Box" idea. In practice it might be hard to post a different answer to each post as many people don't take the time to read through submissions and post the same stuff over and over. Is a canned answer reasonable for a canned question?
As far as to get FIRST feedback, should questions be posted into the FIRST forum, or is there a better area to get feedback?
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I like those goals, they are definitely a good start. While some of them IMHO need some more work in regards to details (such as the eliminate shipping cost one: some teams may have to rent a truck or bus larger than they need just to get enough storage space for a robot, incurring more cost upon them), however those are details. And as you commented in red, that is also up for post-season feedback from teams.
In regards to the idea box, literally every question does not have to be answered individually. Often times there are a lot of questions which more or less ask the same thing, just in slightly different terms. As such, further questions like these can be referred to existing questions. If a canned answer does arise and has been addressed elsewhere, such as a press release or a PDF, then a link to it would be sufficient.
Basically it would be like the Q&A Forum on the FIRST website. Every question gets an answer, but some are just links to threads where that question was already answered. The thing that matters is that the people who have concerns see that the powers-that-be are in fact reading, listening to, thinking about, and responding to their ideas.