Ontario Teams in Jeopardy for 2012/2013?

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Your post is comical at best and similar to what I would expect from someone who has never stepped into a real classroom.
If you did, I'd laugh even more.

Cmon, tempt me in another thread.

Real talk.

Wow. Your post is insulting at best, not just to Ether, but to every engineer and volunteer who participates in FIRST, and is certainly not GP. I would expect better behavior from a representative from a Chairman's Award team.

Politics exposes a lot of vitriol on both sides. Our job as members of the FIRST community is to work together to inspire science and technology, not hate and intolerance. What is great about FIRST is that it brings together people from the engineering and business community AND educators to teach Real World skills.

That being said, back to the OP.
It's unfortunate that the Ontario teams are put into this situation. Per my understanding of FIRST policies, teams are not required in any way to be associated with a school. I know of teams that are based in 4-H clubs, Scouts, etc. It's not an easy road to transition out of schools (essentially starting over), but if your team is dedicated, you'll find a way to persevere.
This is where I'll plug the non-robot parts of FIRST as useful: Every year as part of our business plan, we create disaster scenarios with plans and contingencies in case any event should occur. This includes loss of our robot space at our school. Plans like this are helpful for man-made problems as well as natural disasters. I encourage every team to create these plans.