Are you a MAVERICK?

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

Mike,

You are right, how can 25 people claim to respresent everyone in a nation? We never claimed to represent, but instead we try to lead efforts and projects which would benefit the whole region. Since we have "stopped talking" here on these boards, NERD has actually grown quite a bit. We have done many things and are proud of our efforts...and we will continue to do so. We have stopped doing things, which many of your counterparts who have called NERD "eliteist" in the past said were aggitating the situation and making others feel like we were being as such. Instead of posting pictures and names of NERDS, we just focus on the task at hand and try to make progress quietly.
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The question is:

Are these people volunteers because they are NERDs, or are they NERDs because they volunteer?

What I'm trying to say... is that NERDs seem to be those that are active in everything in FIRST. Is this a bad thing? Yes and no. Yes, it is collecting the "best and the brightest" so to speak, however is it excluding those who do not have those hours to put in?

e‧lit‧ism  /ɪˈlitɪzəm, eɪˈli-/ [i-lee-tiz-uhm, ey-lee-]–noun

1.practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
2.consciousness of or pride in belonging to a select or favored group.