Does Affirmative Action fit under the values of FIRST

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Madison

If you had $1 million dollars to give away, would you give it to a person that already has $10 million dollars or to a person that has $10?

I wouldn't give it away. I may trade it for goods or a services though. If the person with $10 had the services/goods I wanted I would provide the money to them in exchange for said items. Same with the owner of the $10 million.


But hey, if you are giving out $1 million I'd be more than willing to take it off your hands.

Basically, I think that students should be given a chance based on fair exchange, what they bring to the team in exchange for what they get out of it.

[Ivan Helmrich]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

I wouldn't give it away. I may trade it for goods or a services though. If the person with $10 had the services/goods I wanted I would provide the money to them in exchange for said items. Same with the owner of the $10 million.

Okay, let's put Madison's million dollar proposition another way. I don't have a million to give away, but I do have volunteer hours. Hundreds of them every year, freely given to an FRC team. I couldn't imagine trading this time for goods or services.

Having to reduce team size for what seems like an arbitrary reason stinks, plain and simple. My view is as a mentor though and if I had to participate in the reduction, I'd think long and hard about what kids benefit the most. Is it the kids who already know how to dedicate themselves to the cause, or is it the kids who haven't yet learned this? I don't see where ethnicity or gender would come into this thought process.

Ivan