Bills Blog- Yes, I’m already counting down to kickoff 2012

[Racer26]

Its sad. A few years ago, some 40-odd VERY well respected mentors, with hundreds of years of FRC experience between them, sent FIRST HQ a letter pleading for more transparency. Obviously, those pleas have fallen on deaf ears.

There is a post on CD somewhere about this letter, including its body.

IIRC it mentioned specifically the fallout with IFI, and the switch to the cRIO, and more. I think people aren't wrong in saying that if there were a competing product to FRC (because thats what it is, its a product), there would be teams jumping ship left right and center. I almost think HQ has lost some of the vision that FIRST was built on.

Dave stated on CD that he left the GDC for personal reasons relating to GDC decisions he couldn't get behind. Maybe HQ needs a wakeup call.