[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by MikePres

I think that all teams should go through a united seminar to remind what is exactly GP and that Award are for achievements and not the opposite. every team should also make greater efforts to explain those to its community. I said my team in the beginning of this year: "We're not gonna do charity for Chairman's, we'll enter Chairman's only if we'll do charity and community work, and it depends on people" and that's why we didn't enter Chairman's this year. I wanted my team to be rewarded for something they do, not because they do it for the award. Maybe if our crowds understood better what is GP and FIRST all about - maybe all that happed will not happen again. It's a process, it's a birth, and we have our own growing pain.

i believe that if our community will work together, everything's gonna be all right in the end

There is a lot of wisdom in this. The more the community understands what the teams are doing and working towards, the more the community can support their efforts in positive and helpful ways. The more the teams work together to help the community develop a deeper understanding, the more opportunities will arise.

Great ideas, Mike. I also agree with and understand your statement about the process, the birth, and the growing pains.
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Let's not bash, criticize, and pile on - especially if we were not at the regional. It does not help the situation in any way.

Jane