Posted by Laurence at 04/11/2001 2:13 PM EST
Engineer on team #537, Domo ARIGATO, from Sussex-Hamilton and GE Medical Systems.
In Reply to: FIRST going international
Posted by Chris on 04/11/2001 12:05 PM EST:
Are you aware that there has been a Canada FIRST organization/competition since 1994?
http://www.canadafirst.org/
The 2001 competition was attended by some 28 teams.
Although both US and Canadian FIRST organizations seem related, I can't find anything suggesting an on-going link.
I agree with Wayne that it would be a bad idea to restrict the Epcot finals to regional winners, but maybe doing the three tiered thing on an internaional level would be good - eh? I'm thinking something like the Ms America pageant, where winners from each country compete on the International stage.
That means you need to have Mexico FIRST, UK FIRST, France FIRST, etc... competition, and all have to be identical.
PS My First FIRST experience was as a student at Marianopolis College on their FIRST team.
http://www.robopolis2001.com/