FIRST-A-Holics Anonymous

[Amanda Morrison]

While it might be cool to say, 'hey, I'm a FIRST-a-holic, I've done all this...', it's just as cool to say, 'hey, I'm a FIRST student, I've gone to these regionals'.

I've decided, in my own personal opinion, that there's no way you can say that this is a club and still make guidelines. You will be indirectly offending people who are trying to become more involved with FIRST and consider themselves as fully immersed in this as they can afford to be, and I don't necessarily mean in simply a monetary sense.

So here goes:
FIRST-a-holic (n.) - 1. A person who actively engages themselves in the ideals, activities, and happenings of the FIRST community. 2. A person well-known throughout the FIRST community for their skills, be that in mechanical, technical, scientific, mathematical, or public relations. 3. A person who thinks about FIRST outside of FIRST, associates random numbers with FIRST numbers, and uses Dr. Woodie Flowers and Dean Kamen as their role models, as well as other members of the FIRST community. 4. A person who uses their life lessons and skills learned within FIRST to bring enlightenment and success into their lives and the lives of others. 5. A person who uses the guidelines of Gracious Professionalism to enrich their lives and to make the world around them a better place, if only one person at a time.

And that, kids, is the best definition that I can give.