[Jonathan Norris]

For me this is a very telling blog post by Bill. If major change is coming, I am totally for it. I have recently come under the thought that FIRST needs to start thinking about major change in its organization in order to reach its goal of: "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes."

The current model that FIRST uses has run its course, its done a fantastic job of getting the students involved and inspired by Science and Technology, but we aren't reaching enough students to 'transform culture' and invoke lasting positive change. In my opinion FIRST has been very stagnant since 2006, and really needs to shake things up to accelerate the growth and influence of FIRST.

Constant evolving change is the force that powers the most innovative companies in the world, many of whom support FIRST. It is this type of innovative change that FIRST needs to look for, enough refining the current model, at some point you need to accept the risks and take big adventurous steps towards reach that ultimate goal. I'm not talking about a major change in how the game is played, its got to be bigger then that.