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Re: Registration 2017
I don't want to take shots at the IT team at FIRST, I'm sure they work hard and are understaffed for the job at hand.
The IT team's consistent struggle with rolling out website upgrades, server capacity, etc. is a byproduct of the way FIRST is operated. I've seen these struggles many times in the 14 years I've been in FIRST. The decision to not invest in the kind of workforce needed to develop and adequately test their IT environment before rolling it out comes from the very top of the organization.
Unfortunately, we teams (i.e. their customers) pay the price of wasting valuable time and having unnecessary stress injected into what should be a relatively straight-forward process.
I hope Frank and Don recognize the importance of having a reliable IT interface between teams and the program. I hope they are able to convince the top guy to make the decision to fix this problem permanently. I'm just hoping things do change...soon.
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I thought we agreed to just put up a teaser, not a picture of the robot! - IBdrummer [more] 
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