What do you feel about the growth of FIRST?

[Koko Ed]

Originally posted by D.J. Fluck
I think FIRST is growing too much, too fast. They need to slow down a bit and work on saving teams that are currently involved. Each year teams drop out due to funding or other issues, and if FIRST took a few years to focus on saving what they have FIRST will truely grow. Right now FIRST has a positive growth rate with more teams coming in than dropping out. This could easily change and not for the better.....

When I think about teams like 340 Grr robotics or 144 Who and Team 64 the Gila Monsters possibly falling out of the FIRST scene that is a great loss to the FIRST community. I'm hoping that if another company in the Rochester area steps in to start a FIRST team and if Nortel has truly dropped Grr Robotics that they'll take a good look at an already established team first with a solid base in FIRST before starting another team fresh. I hope the same can be done in the Cincinatti area for Who and in Arizona for the Gila Monsters. These are the teams that help make FIRST great and they should be maintained.
Progress should never made at the expense of the past