A new era for FIRST.....and mixed feelings

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by SilenceNoMore

This isn't your daddy's FIRST anymore, boys and girls. It is obvious that FIRST's main goal is no longer to inspire high school students to become engineers/scientists. It is now extremely political and money-oriented. I not saying that these two forces should be absent from FIRST, however they play too big of a role.

I think you drew the wrong conclusion from the correct observations. FIRST does care about inspiring students, however, it is currently limited by money and politics. Both are very real world issues that EVERY company and organization is limited by.

Do you have any experience running a nationwide organization? How about putting on events that draw 10,000 people? I'm sure FIRST would love to hear your specific constructive critiscm on how to run the events and organization better. In fact, they even give you the team forum to express your views and ideas to the directly.