Frank Answers Fridays - 2017- Championships

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Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

After consulting for NGOs for years, I realize how different the FIRST board is in comparison to other NGOs of its size. This is, in comparison, an extremely engaged board. Many sponsor teams and give copious amounts of money to the program. I'm not surprised that they're involved.

I was under the impression that the impetus for half champs came from the BoD itself, so I assumed they would also want to be involved or in the loop of team distribution.