GDC and FIRST.......

[Tom Line]

All to often we get stuck focussing on the negatives, rather than the positives of exactly what happens each year in FIRST. In the process, the GDC and FIRST takes a bashing every year during build season.

Building on Greg's 'year of acknowledgement', I'd like to acknowledge the GDC and FIRST for a couple things.

1. Thanks for making a really neat game where we have to build TWO robots, instead of one.
2. Thanks for allowing us to use the new compressor. It makes pneumatics decisions so much easier: lighter weight, less current, and a lighter-weight storage tube!
3. Thanks for jumping on Can Bus so fast to make sure everyone knows we can use it.
4. Thanks for giving us a ready-made robot in the kit. This year we had one up and driving inside a week.
5. Thanks for giving us THREE professional development environments to use, instead of the one we were using just a couple years ago.
6. Thanks for giving us a webcam and system capable of actual vision.
7. Thanks to all the people like Joe from NI, and EricVanWyk for designing these components and helping us, even in your free time!