Update #16

[Paul Copioli]

Everyone please read this:

My statement earlier in this thread is not really about the rule. The rule is a small stone in the jar. It's about the mounting evidence that FIRST, Inc. does not really care about teams or the members of the teams.

In addition to the public examples Karthik has given; I have a list of other issues that only I (and a few other FIRST mentors) know about. My list is longer than the public list and it points at a identifiable root cause to the problem.

For those of you that think my post was a knee jerk reaction; all I can tell you is that it was a well thought out post. I am calmer now than I ever have been in the last few years.

Maybe my revolt won't amount to anything. Maybe it will. Either way, I will be at peace with my decision. I do not want to leave FIRST, but it is something I feel I must do IF change does not happen.

This is my last public discussion on this topic ... until GLR.

-Paul