[artdutra04]

Why should we worry about the security or the little details?

Just write letters to Obama to show him that FIRST is something that his constituents care about enough to take the time out of their day to write to him about. Every day Obama personally reads ten letters from the public, and who knows, maybe one of those will be about FIRST. It doesn't hurt to try.

Whether he decides to come to the event, or make a [prerecorded] speech via webcast, or just write a letter congratulating the participating teams for helping the long term goals of this country, is up to him and his staffers. And whatever the choice would be, the event organizers and teams in Atlanta would adapt.

Without a doubt, Obama certainly is our most tech-savvy President ever. I'm sure it would be well within the realm of possibility of having him record a short speech to broadcast at the event congratulating teams, mentors, and volunteers.

FIRST is not a partisan issue. The goals of FIRST (increasing STEM education and awareness, improving students' skills and education to help the economy, etc) line up with goals of both Democrats and Republicans. Our past three Presidents have supported FIRST in some way, so there should be no reason not to seek the support of our current President.