[artdutra04]

Seeing how New Hampshire already has one of (if not the highest) ratio of FRC teams per capita of any state, they are already well on their way to succeeding in the mission of FIRST.

I wish them the best of luck up there with their endeavor, especially for all the [future] teams up in North Country. Besides the tourist industry, almost all of the other [logging and paper] industry has been outsourced away from there, which would probably make it difficult (though not impossible) to form FRC teams based on corporate sponsorships up there.

Perhaps FTC/Vex would be a lot better suited for those rural areas, rather than a straight FRC-everywhere-across-the-board philosophy. The best strategy for the getting FIRST in all NH schools would probably be for each school to do which ever competition they feel most comfortable with, as they know best what resources they have (or can acquire) to succeed.

But regardless, having the support of the Governor for the ideals of a program such as FIRST is always a good thing.