[Andy Baker]

The annual FIRST Forum meetings are coming up on August 1st, where FIRST staffers listen to the teams' input.

FIRST has been doing this every year for the past 4 or 5 years and they really try to accommodate the needs of teams.

Just this past year, these things were requested at the Forums and FIRST implemented them in the 2002 game:
1. We requested them to let us design our own electrical hardware - they let us use $100 of stuff from Digikey.
2. We requested that they let us use any gears and sprockets... they did this.
3. We asked them to let us know who we will be allied with ahead of time, letting us plan match strategy in a reasonable amount of time instead of hustling through it right before the match - they did this.

Anyway... what I am trying to say is that FIRST does listen. Sure, they cannot grant all of our wishes, and some of their decisions are not popular, but they do try to make us happy as teams.

So, with that said...

What do you wish for?

Let's keep this thread to brainstorming ideas, not debates. If you want to debate these issues, start a different thread. So, think of any reasonable suggestion or any outlandish idea and keep this thread going until Aug. 1st.

Let's get thinkin',
Andy B.