2004 Championship Eligibility Criteria!!!

[Wetzel]

Originally posted by ChrisH
FIRST has seen this and they are not particularly happy about it. But beating on people is not the way to get them to do things that must be done with enthusiasm. I know that they have had discussions on this subject because I have been a part of them. Whether those discussion produce any fruit remains to be seen.

I don't see it as beating on people, I see it as a subtle dangling carrot.

Originally posted by Aidan F. Browne
I have two famous gardening quotes for you:

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."

and

"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."

As a gardener, I can always get thorn less roses.

and

I can always put lots of effort into making my grass greener. Fertilizing, watering, mowing in a proper manner(there are better ways to mow then others)

You get out what you put in. Posts that just say 'We got screwed outta our free ride this year' are not productive or helpful. Those that have some thought behind them can be valuable. By everyone contributing their thoughts and opinions, they can be gleaned for that 1 bit here and 1 bit there.

Business do this, and I know in particular the EMS system calls this Quality Improvement. Its a constant process of self-review with the intent to identify parts of the system that can be improved. Once a problem/weak spot has been identified, a plan is developed and then implemented to improve it.

Compare this to a group sitting around in a bar talking about the latest trade the Redskins made. Everyone will have an opinion, and they all will discuss it back and forth. You could make the very valid point that it dosn't matter that they think it was a horrible trade, that they should just accept it and move to something else, but that is their passion.

FIRST is the passion of the people here on Chief Delphi. Consider us like passionate sports fans, we will discuss any decision that FIRST makes. The difference is here, FIRST(or representatives of) will read our opinions and they might actually make a difference.


Wetzel