FIRST moving to Indy?

[Gabriel]

This seems a little weird to me. FIRST has a lot of connections in Manchester, Deka of course and AutoDesk is down the street and local companies such as MMH Ventures and Batteries Plus have offered very nice deals. Plus FIRST spent a LOT of money on their Manchester building, IIRC Dean renovated it for them and they pay him a big mortgage. The advantage to moving would be easier travel and more media coverage, so if they were going to move it would make much more sense to put the headquarters in New York and the engineering department in Indiana, but that opens up a whole other can of worms. I don't know if I buy this but FIRST has certainly done weirder things.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Bill Enslen

How about this? If FIRST had their HQ at Indianapolis, they also could have The Championship Event at The RCA Dome and the Indiana Convention Center. They are linked just like Atlanta's facilities are. FIRST has Atlanta booked for this year and two more years. That should give them plenty of time to move their offices to Indy and get ready for a "home-town" Championship Event. Having the Championship Event in the same city as their headquarters would reduce their cost of having the event, as all the FIRST HQ'ers would not have to travel.

Didn't you hear? After Atlanta, they aren't having nationals anymore.

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Didn't you hear? After Atlanta, they aren't having nationals anymore.

Hee. Yeah, and Im transferring to engineering school

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

Hee. Yeah, and Im transferring to engineering school

Yeah, and I'm JVN!

I remember Joe's joke....oh it was classic! He scared a lot of people that morning

[Chris Fultz]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

(shudders)

But, why put it in Indy, where only up the road about 40 miles is a city that calls itself the "City of Firsts"? That is where FIRST should re-locate. It's natural, the "City of Firsts", home of FIRST. Imagine that! What is that city, you ask? Well, that would be Kokomo, Indiana.
Andy B.

Andy, a week ago I would have supported you on this, but I jest read in the paper about another "first" in Kokomo. It's that "hum" that is in town and causes headaches, arthritis and other terrible diseases in residents. Ir must be true, because it was in the paper and included pictures and a map and quotes from people and even was on two pages of the paper. The peper was even the Indianapolis Star, not the "National Enquirer".

And so, the best option is indy, home to six FIRST teams, baseball, the Dome, the convention center, Children's Museum, IMAX, the 500, the F1 and Brickyard, major corporations and lots of other great things.

Plus, home to the nations best mexican food (Acapulco Joes)* and the worlds best pizza (Bazbeaux)*.


* this sentence added only to incite lots of angry posts totally unrelated to the original title of this thread.....

[Collin Fultz]

also, Indiana has begun the Indiana2016 campaign in the last few years that has spotlighted technology in school and moreso FIRST Robotics.

and dad...Donato's has the best pizza

and we have the world's largest Christmas tree!

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by collin234

Donato's has the best pizza

You're both wrong, Papa Johns = the best pizza ever.

If FIRST HQ comes to Indy, let's throw them a pizza party

[Brant Bowen]

When I heard about this I thought about the automotive industries around the midwest? Could FIRST be trying to get closer to the big bucks of the American Automotive Industry or any other big sponsors around here?

[Libby Ritchie]

A move to Indy would be awesome for a lot of us, however, I am not sure I can see them moving that far away from not only Dean, but Woody and his MIT home. The idea of having another office location sounds like something I could see happening. Indy is obviously more centrally located than Manchester and it does have a lot to offer. Very interesting post, David!!

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

You're both wrong, Papa Johns = the best pizza ever.

Than FIRST's headquarters should be in Boston!

[Amanda Morrison]

hey now... actually, 'Papa John' himself went to BSU and graduated from the business college here. The very first Papa John's was on the campus.

So in that case... Should headquarters be in Muncie, IN?

[JakeGallagher]

Originally Posted by Stu Bloom

MR Kelly ... ????

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU JAKE ???
David doesn't deserve that type of respect ...

Ahhh!
Don't scream at me!
I called him Mr. Kelly out of habit...our team's coach's name's (one...two...three 's's lol) is Dave Kelly, and he's a teacher at our school, so I'm used to calling Dave Kelly's Mr. Kelly. (one, two, three, four, five...)

[JakeGallagher]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Than FIRST's headquarters should be in Boston!

Papa John's isnt as good as Sal's, which has a little place set up about 5 minutes from HQ.

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by Amanda Morrison

hey now... actually, 'Papa John' himself went to BSU and graduated from the business college here. The very first Papa John's was on the campus.

So in that case... Should headquarters be in Muncie, IN?

Those two (three?) timing scoundrels! I can barely turn on a red-sox game without hearing about how "Boston" Papa Johns is

...and they're headquarters is in Kentucky!

[JakeGallagher]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Those two (three?) timing scoundrels! I can barely turn on a red-sox game without hearing about how "Boston" Papa Johns is

...and they're headquarters is in Kentucky!

That's why Sal's is better. Same Bostonian Style Pizza, but a loyal man owns it! ;P Go Sal's!