[GaryVoshol]

I find it interesting that for any issue X, some are saying, "I hate X!". While others without the X option are saying, "Why can't we do X?"

Things are changing, people. You have to keep up with changes, whether you like them or not. Not enough practice time to complete your robot at a regional? Then you complete your robot sooner. Not enough time for inspections? Then you get more inspectors and have more teams prepared for inspections as soon as they enter the pits.

I'm not thrilled when someone tells me this change is going to be the greatest thing that happens to me. I didn't like it when my job councellor said it. No, making a difficult decision about leaving a job was not the best thing that ever happened. But there can be positives in the midst of the negatives - I'm seeing that now.

So maybe the reduced KoP isn't the best thing for every team. Maybe the way it is presented as all positive with no negative isn't completely fair either. But those who see it as all negative with no positives aren't looking in the right places yet, or aren't looking hard enough. The same can be said for bagging/vs/ship, reduced-services regionals and shortened-time regionals.

I will agree that there are some issues that have to be resolved, and really should have been resolved before the announcements were made. And that the announcements are coming much too close to event sign-up for most people to make fully informed decisions. That's something for FIRST to work on improving. I'm sure they're scrambling for alternatives just as hard as teams are, as sponsors are forced to change support levels in hard times. I want to balance my responses between, "C'mon, give'm a break" and "They should have known better." Tempered with a feeling that, "They're doing the best they can with what they have."

As expected, "You must spread some Rep ..." - thanks for starting this, Jane.