[EricH]

Originally Posted by breeahnuh

You cannot take away credit for the Hawaii Regional from Governor Linda Lingle. Although team 1138 has done some workshops here in the islands recently, it is our beyond amazing governor who is respsonsible for the Hawaii Regional. Not to mention that FIRST has been in Hawaii for 10 years with 359 and 368 as a result of an inspriring demo by the Cheesy Poofs and the hard work of Art Kimura.

I was not intending to take away any credit. But, I must ask, did the governor and the existing teams from HI do all the work for the regional, including get enough teams for one? Did not the workshops help with the teams issue? Without enough teams, there can be no regional.