[FVC]: Will there be an FVC Next Year?

[Ben Mitchell]

Vex is such a great teaching tool that I cannot fathom it not being made into a full fledged program.

[thefro526]

I second Ben. The entire FVC experience is such an excellent learning tool, leadership opportunity, and all around good time that FIRST would be crazy to not continue the FVC program. If FIRST does not sponsor FVC next year they will be robbing the world's youth of the opportunity to build awesome robots and learn about themselves and the field of science and technology and that will make me (and many others) very sad. Also the FVC program is so cost effective from a team standpoint that it could open up another world to many 8-12th graders throughout the world and someday soon I predict, given the proper resources, that The FIRST Vex Challenge will be larger than FRC or even FLL.

Also I think that if FIRST stops FVC the true Vex Enthusiasts and Addicts (like me) will find a way to keep the competition alive. Whether that will be through something organized like the Potomac Vex League or through backyard battles will be ours to decide…

[nonother]

I'm almost certain the program will continue. Talking to members of the FIRST organization (when our team was in Washington DC) made it clear how happy they were with the program. This was the opinion of everyone in FIRST I talked to about FVC, including Dean Kamen and John Abele (FIRST Chairman). I could be confusing who said this, but I believe it was John Abele, who said he saw this year as a large beta test of sorts for FVC. They liked what they saw for the most part, but that some tweaks were likely in order (I have no idea what those might be.) My overall impression is that not only will FVC be around next year - but that it will be even better.