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Posted by colleen.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Other on team #?, Actually, I'm a FIRST-aholic, from an undecided team for the year 2000 and I'm taking invitations :-).

Posted on 8/9/99 2:52 PM MST


In Reply to: COMMUNICATION posted by Justin on 8/1/99 1:49 PM MST:



i know i'm late in responding, but hey..

i understand where you're coming from- we're the ones who do FIRST every year, feel the pressure, burnout, etc.- they should take our ideas into consideration
I totally agree.

my disagreement with you is- i think they do already listen to us.
they hold a team forum for discussions on issues from the past year
they talk to people at competitions to see what they like/dislike (prime example: changing to the 3 team alliances for the competitions)
they read these pages. i'd think you'd be amazed at how many of the FIRST people know exactly what you're talking about if you say Rumor Mill and how many of them are daily visitors to the page (you don't have to post to read what's here)
online surveys you can fill out on their website.. they want to know what you think

don't get me wrong, i totally agree that they need to know what we think, but i just think that they are doing a whole lot to listen that's all.

my idea: if you have some concrete ideas that you want them to here, organize them out with the pros and cons, maybe get a few opinions of other FIRST-aholics like yourself- from other teams and make it into something submitable (if that's a word) to Lori Buckley at FIRST. I'm sure they'd be more than welcome to read it and take it all into consideration. Cause they do need us to help them out.
if you want to do that and need some help, more ideas to submit, etc.- pop me and email and i'd be more than happy to help you with it- i want this thing to be around for my kids in 2020 and my grandkids too..(but not til like 2040 or something- maybe it'll be on the moon by then)