Hey FIRST we need a bigger national!

[Rich Wong]

Originally posted by M. Krass
Volunteers show up for three days to help run an event.

FIRST staff works for 11 months to plan that event. Planning includes managing the volunteers.

The problems aren't in finding enough people to volunteer at the time of the event, but in having the resources and manpower necessary to plan for a much larger event. Remember, unlike our robots, volunteers aren't autonomous -- they do need supervision. That supervision comes from the itty bitty, teeny weeny FIRST staff.

...and volunteers eat a lot too! think of the food bill for breakfast, lunch and dinner!


Unfortunately events do not scale linearly, the bigger it is, the more problems there are.