2015 Lessons Learned: The Negative

[neely_2052]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

FIRST needs to put their long standing teams at a higher priority than mass expansion, and they need to hold some real feedback sessions with teams or an advisory panel of teams, because it seems they have a mission of what they're trying to do, and it doesn't always align with what the teams want and need. And I don't mean this about the two champs thing, but I speak on other factors. They need more integration into education.

Also, the timing of the Chairman's Award and other top awards needs to be communicated clearly, before any music festival or dance party, and certainly before everyone leaves.

I completely agree with the Chairman's Award thing. Our team was not going to stay for the concert, but we felt like it was really important for us to watch the Chairman's winners. Unfortunately, we didn't get to because they were very slow at starting. We probably sat there for close to an hour before deciding to leave. Everyone was exhausted and sitting in the stands for another couple hours didn't help.