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Originally Posted by Garret
Gracious Professionalism (and the FIRST mission) is what makes FRC my favorite robot competition. Gracious Professionalism is, in my own opinion, the most useful thing most kids can get out of FIRST.
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I think this gets to the heart of the matter: If Gracious Professionalism is the best thing about [IFIRST[/i], if it is central to "changing the culture", should it be limited to
FIRST events and teams?
I had thought that Gracious Professionalism was something that Dr. Flowers wanted to become part of the culture of engineering specifically, and society as a whole.
Perhaps with the trademark, other events, competitions, activities and groups will be cautions about adopting Gracious Professionalism as part of their culture. It certainly prevents them from using the term in anything official without
FIRST's express permission. I think this is what the original post was trying to get at.
-Mr. Van
Coach, Robodox