Thread: Vote to change the format of FIRST. Part 2
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Re: Vote to change the format of FIRST. Part 2
Conversations like this one always seem to be full of imaginary constraints. The suggestion (Molten's) to try other at other programs if FIRST doesn't satisfy all of your needs shows that at least a few people can see past some of those imaginary boundaries; as does the existence of a few Chief Delphi Forums and threads about programs other than FIRST's.

In an attempt to evaporate one of the illusions let me suggest that groups who want to spend more time with their robots can spend just about as much time as they want after FIRST's competition season ends. Work on it all you like then. Go to as many off-season events as you like. Start as many off-season events as you like.

Be satisfied and proud when the improved machine works better and better as you put into it everything you can once time constraints are gone. Focus on what is accomplished in the the labors of love and in the conquering or personal challenges; not on whether some judge who hears you attempt to cram a year of successes into a 15 minute presentation likes what they hear, or on the machine's performance during a single weekend.

Maybe FIRST doesn't need to charge (maybe it does). Instead maybe we need to change and look past FIRST instead of into it.

Let's change a community and a culture, not a single non-profit organization.

Respectfully,
Blake
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