No Lori next year!!

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Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 5/1/99 8:00 PM MST


In Reply to: No Lori next year!! posted by Kate Leach on 4/30/99 3:15 PM MST:



The message you are referring to was SENT by Lori, but it was WRITTEN by VINCE.

Vince Wilczynski is the guy who is leaving.

The text of the message follows.

Joe J.

Subject: Important message from Vince
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:48:16 -0400
From: -Lori Buckley
To: To@usfirst.org.all.Team.Contacts

To all team contacts -

I'd like to use this forum to thank all of you for your hard work this year
making the program a success. I'd also like to take this opportunity to
recognize and applaud the FIRST staff that made the competition work. To
both groups, thousands of lives have been touched and many have been
transformed.

As some of you know, I have been serving as the Director of the Robtoics
Competition while on sabbatical from my teaching position at the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy. Having been involved with FIRST on a team basis since '93,
I welcomed the chance to help the program in a different area. Since my
sabbatical ends this summer (August 15), FIRST needs to hire a permanent
replacement for my position.

I feel very strong that the person who takes on this position must have
FIRST experience as a team leader. I've inlcuded a job description below
and ask that you distribute this to anyone that you may think qualifies and
is interested. Even if a person does not satisfy each criteria, I
encourage them to submit an application.

Thanks again for your hard work and please contact me if you would like any
additional information on the position - Vince

Vince Wilczynski
Program Director FIRST Robotics Competition
800-871-8326 (ext.404)

___________________FIRST Position Announcement___________________

FIRST Robotics Competition
National Program Director

The FIRST Robotics Competition National Program Director is responsible for
all aspects of a nation-wide robotics competition that partners industry
with youth to help secure this nation’s technical literacy. The Director is
responsible for developing and executing a strategic plan to make this
partnership program available throughout the United States. The Director
leads a staff that services nearly 300 business-youth teams from across the
U.S. and directs robotics competitions at sites across the country.
Responsibilities include developing plans to expand the current reach of
the competition, securing and applying the necessary engineering, personnel
and financial resources to make the competitions successful, rewarding and
sustainable, and evaluating program outcomes. The Director reports to the
Executive Director of the FIRST Foundation and is one of the senior
managers that develop the Foundation’s policy, standards and strategy.

At least five years worth of team oriented management experience is highly
desirable, preferably in the areas of strategic planning and operations.
Excellent management and communication skills, combined with a
multidisciplinary engineering background are beneficial. The ability to
lead a team and effectively work with the leaders from a broad spectrum of
national engineering, research, manufacturing, computer, and communication
businesses, as well as education and government leaders is necessary. The
candidate must be familiar with working with volunteer organizations and
for profit businesses, and have a documented history of guiding design
ideas into reality.

Posting Date: April 5, 1999

Please mail resume to HR, FIRST, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH 03101.
Resumes may be faxed to FIRST at (603) 666-3907.

__________________________________________________ ____________________
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-Lori Buckley/lbuckley@usfirst.org
Senior Teams Coordinator-FIRST Robotics Competition
For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology
phone: 800-871-8326 ext. 427
fax: 603-666-3907
FIRST web address: www.usfirst.org
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