Alamo Memories And Thank Yous

[2789_DrT]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

"We've got this." You've got this, 2789. Keep it. With great pride and deep humility, Rock on 2789, Jane
P.S. Enjoy Chesapeake. There's some good people out there.

Thank you to Norm for recognizing our team as a veteran team. Thanks to FRC 148 and to Team Appreciate (2468) for providing our Alamo pit crew with valuable technical assistance throughout the Alamo Regional. Special thanks to Scott and Team Appreciate for letting our team work in your machine shop during the last week crunch prior to the Alamo Regional.

Thank you again Jane for all your high praise and well wishes. I really value your recognition because you understand what we are trying to do: build a sustainable program with a great culture that develops tomorrow's leaders. Jane, in our rookie season, you inspired us to really DO FIRST. Early on, you inspired our team to use the awards as tools to reflect upon and plan for our team’s growth. We have continued to compete for awards each year and although we haven’t won anything yet, going through the process of writing essays and business plans that take a really hard look at our program has helped our team grow into an organization we can be proud of.

I think we have worked hard enough and put enough down on paper (we've done the math and the writing) that we may be in a position to start helping other FIRST teams. I've felt guilty that our team has not done a lot yet to help other teams, but I've tempered that guilt with the reality that really doing FIRST is very very hard. It took our team a couple years to identify and set realistic goals that align with the competition and its culture and to develop strategies and resources to meet those goals. I am really new to Chief Delphi. I need some help figuring out how we can use this great resource to interact with other programs in ways that are helpful. Any advice there is really welcome.

Finally, I second and third and fourth and fifth all the praise to the FIRST volunteers that made the Alamo Regional a great success. Having a great Regional so close to our team location is HUGE! And having this Regional be THE FIRST Regional where our team made it to the Elimination Rounds is AMAZING AND VERY HUGE! I still get chills thinking about it. And also this Regional is close enough to Manor that some of the people in the stands included our next generation of FIRST-ers. AGAIN, SO HUGE!! We really loved competing at the Alamo Regional and we hope we can continue to compete there for years to come.