Hey FIRST we need a bigger national!

[Amanda Morrison]

Originally posted by BandChick
off-seasons run completely by volunteers, it IS possible to do this without hiring more staff, just harder. All it requires is a little more time put in by the volunteers.

While off season competitions are run by volunteers, volunteers dedicate their time for a month or so... FIRST staff is at it the entire year.

If I thought about how much time and effort was put into IRI, I can't imagine those people getting together and putting together something of huge magnitude, for thousands of people, eleven months of the year and not asking for something in return.

Having everyone at nationals at the same time is a bad idea. Too many people are too hard to control. That's an awful lot of planning and consideration going into that.

FIRST and FIRST teams don't generate money, they suck it up. While they pay it back in full in the inspiration, dedication, and valuable skills they provide for students, money does not come from the program. Keep this in mind.

[Arefin Bari]

the way FIRST is spreading.... i think that we should have more than one nationals or something to solve the problem of not every single team being able to compete at nationals....

[Pin Man]

adding another nationals??? you mean regional... there should be only one nationals... they just need a way to get more help so they can get more teams in...