**FIRST EMAIL**/April Scholarship Update/Shipping Reminder

[Mark McLeod]

Greetings Teams:

We are a mere eight days away from Championship (but who’s counting?)! Many thanks to all of you for displaying such Gracious Professionalism™ throughout the Competition Season-- we hope you all had a rich and rewarding experience at the Events you attended! We are looking forward to seeing some of you in Atlanta!

Some FIRST Scholarships are still available for Seniors for the fall. For more information about approaching application deadlines, and to see special messages about Scholarship activity at the FIRST Championship, please visit http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=16978.

Please note that your robot could take up to four weeks to return home after your event— do not contact Shepard and/or FedEx before this time has elapsed if you are simply trying to track its location. Remember, you can track your shipment yourself by entering your pro/tracking number here: http://www.fedex.com/Tracking.

Go Teams!

[Racer26]

Did they seriously trademark Gracious Professionalism?

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the sentiment, and what it stands for, but trademarking it? I almost think that would run counter to FIRST's goal of changing the culture.

[Mark McLeod]

Different culture...

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

Did they seriously trademark Gracious Professionalism?

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the sentiment, and what it stands for, but trademarking it? I almost think that would run counter to FIRST's goal of changing the culture.

How so? This lets them control and thus preserve their intended meaning.