n.e.r.d. vision feedback

[Andy Grady]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

And while this is NERD centric, why limit yourselves? I sometimes get the feeling that NERD is like a snotty country club that only invites based on geographical location, not a tool to spread the message of FIRST.

Joe,

This is exactly the type of mentality we are trying to get away from. NERD Vision is hoping to actually expand beyond the bounds of New England competition and we will in time...its just hard to show because we are from New England and it seems as this is the only place we can tape right now.

We have also made efforts to try to stop posting so many pictures, and instead of posting about NERD without results, we are trying to post what we are doing. NERD Vision is one of the projects of NERD which we hope will benefit all of the people in the FIRST community, not just those in New England. We have made NERD Awards to help spread the spirit of New England around our region, we are heading a group of people from all over New England to travel out to IRI to take part in what should be a wonderful competition, and we have alot of other things comming up.

In short, I'm sick of hearing people call us "elitist" or "snotty" or whatever. And I am sick of explaining it over and over again to people that we are not trying to be elitist, and that results are forthcomming. Here are your results...our mission is to spread excitement for FIRST in New England...so far its been a success. Now we are reaching out to the rest of the FIRST community by sharing what we think will be alot of fun for everyone to enjoy in NERD Vision.

I'm done.