The White House AID

[James1902]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

Kind of missing the point. The White House thing is a canard; the deadline is the real proposition here.


If FIRST commits to fix it in 8 weeks, and it's fixed in 8 weeks, great, everyone can get on with their off-season. If not, there's still lots of time to try new things; at least we'll expect a status report by July. But if we give them 8 months, they'll more than likely take 8 months. At that point, if it isn't fixed, people aren't going to be happy.

I think focusing on the results of a 12 week old game is a canard.

The point of FIRST is to inspire students to pursue fulfilling careers. I think parading a failed control system in front of the White House on a National Stage would be counter productive to that goal.

While I agree that the problems teams have had with the control system is a serious issue that needs to be addressed I do not think this proposal would yield a productive result.

Let's let FIRST deal with the issue in the time that they see is fit, and then if you don't like how it's been dealt with you can voice you're complaint or, if you feel your complaint hasn't been given enough attention, you can leave the program.

-James T. Austin