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Re: Should FIRST expand beyond robotics?
You mean there is robotics in FIRST?
Our team is a combination of a business firm, a graphics art department, a systems engineering consulting firm, a purchasing department, a budget managment consultant, a fund-raising organization, a travel agency, a health and safety consultant, a website managment team, a strategic planning committee, an institution of higher learning, a computer programming consulting agency, a community service organization, etc etc... and
oh yes...
A robot design and manufacturing company...
How do you expand beyond that?
I say FIRST needs to keep doing what it is doing.... inspiring young students to do their best as part of a team....
There is something to be said for doing something really really well... and FIRST is doing that...
We just need to find a way to make it more affordable for more students....
More trophies? nope... we don't need no stinking trophies....
We need dedicated mentors and teachers.... they need training.... they need to see what teams like 341 and 67 and 111 and dozens of other teams are doing in their communites...
FIRST already embodies so much more than robotics.... it is already there...
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