MAR

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Not to try to insult the awesome folks who are part of MAR, but is there a way that anyone can get involved in the planning process? Because right now it seems they are the only ones who know anything other than the 1 public MAR meeting that was open to teams.

Are you kidding?

Um, not to be insulting, but I remember at least 3 web meetings and 2 face-to-face meetings in the past several months. Plus a pile of e-mails.

Are you a MAR member? If so, you know this. If not, why not? Send an e-mail to Ed Petrillo of team 293 SPIKE (his e-mail is edward.petrillo, in the gmail dot com domain) and he'd be tickled pink to sign you up. Membership is free, open to anyone in the MAR region, and everyone gets a vote.

That being said - and as the guy who penned that 2009 letter - this is not FIRST, it's MAR. Two different organizations. And I haven't seen a more open and transparent group in a long time. (Though, I admit, they don't communicate via the web very well ).

Before I enter rant mode, join up, then we'll talk. Or ask Ed your questions, he's a nice guy.