American "Selectiveness"

[Justin 188]

Originally posted by verdeyw
"This year there was an amazing expansion of FIRST in Canada. It went from 3 teams last year to 26 teams and a new regional! Canadian teams went from 0 awards in all other years to 13 awards! .... Why wasn't any of this mentioned? This is some really amazing stuff!"

Mentioned where? Lots of teams have great stories to tell. So they tell them here, on the CD forums, or they tell them in a Chairman's award presentation, or they'll tell them to a Judge when he or she comes by to interview them about their efforts in the competition.

I think the whole "mentioned where" thing is exactly what Wolfe is getting at. While teams may mention it (heck, my team got the regional Chairman's Award for it), it is slightly disappointing that FIRST does not. They like to talk about significant expansion and growth of FIRST, but selectively. I'm not trying to make people feel bad or hostile (and I'm sure that isn't Wolfe's intention either), but currently, that's the reality of it. Most people simply don't realize it until it actually affects them.