FREE HUG ALLIANCE - JOIN THE REVOLUTION

[christina_omg]

you guy's were amazing

towards the end 2344 was looking for you guys to give our adviser one big giant group hug. if we would have done it we would have gotten beat....

yea. we couldn't find you though. i think it's cool that you're taking the free hugs beyond just your team. that's cool.

[GoldenAI]

Hmm...you have brought up an interesting point. I get the PDA thing, but as long as it doesn't lead anywhere else I believe hugs should be fine.

and yes some people REALLY DON"T WANT TO BE HUGGED and I really don't want to hug those people anyway, but what do we do when an entire team is pushing us to huge a mentor (including the other mentors)???

because a lot of them did that and so we hugged them.

This is why I need a dedicated team of leaders to lead this kind of thing and make sure others don't step out of line with it. I don't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable, but I can't control everybody either.
That is why I am trying to get this to be an organized thing rather than the randomness at Hartford. At least if it was organized I could kind of lay down some do's and don'ts ya know. Although they should have enough common sense to know what is right from wrong, but you always get those few who just don't get it.

Any suggestions?

[GoldenAI]

ty Christina / We Tried! lol

we are having some boundry issues right now if stuff like that is exceptable or not. SO I don't know if it would have been wise anyway

But hey maybe next year uh?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by KathieK

I was one of the people in Hartford that hugged a member of the Free hug Alliance. But could I caution you a bit?
First of all, we need to be respectful of each other's personal space. Some people are huggers and others are not.
We need to remember that some people have medical conditions that prevent them from wanting to be hugged. It could hurt someone to hug them.
We also encourage our FIRSTers not to show PDA.

Keeping this in mind, offering free hugs to people may be fine. Hugging people without their permission is definitely not OK.

There was a kid trolling the lower floor of Buckeye hugging everyone in sight. Most people didn't mind but one of my students was very uncomfortable after her third hug and migrated back up to her seat. He also hugged another girl on a team who after a minute of being held was trying to pull away and he wouldn't let go until a teammate moved in and made him release.
I predict this kind if activity is going to lead to a sexual harassment lawsuit on FIRST. People do have a right to say no even if it's in the name of "fun" and if their wishes aren't respected they can take ANY action to put a stop to it.
Be mindful of that.

[Golto]

I'll make sure something of the sort makes it to the front page...

Also! Website updated! Comments welcome!

http://freehugalliance.com

[AllieLallah15]

Suggestions:

-Allow people to post new topics and threads.
-As of right now, whenever posts are made, they don't show up. That should be fixed.

Yay for free hugs!

[Golto]

Thanks, still trying to set permissions. I should have it fixed now

[Golto]

Doing some major updates! Fixed some profile icon issues, and I'm gonna start working on a chat room for us!

[N0s3Nugg3t]

Haha, I just saw the music video for this today...
If any of you are going to the Minnesota Regional, I'd love to see this there =D

[minirose224]

Originally Posted by N0s3Nugg3t

If any of you are going to the Minnesota Regional, I'd love to see this there =D

Team 1816, The Green Machine will be at the Minnesota Regional and has planned on bringing "Free Hugs" signs for a while. Now lets just see if we can get them made in all the rush of preparing for the regional. But anyone there, come over to our pit and I will give you a hug for sure!

[Golto]

We have updated again, new software (MUCH MORE STABLE), better forums, and we have set up a grant for FIRST programs.

Feel free to register, and join the revolution!

http://www.freehugalliance.com

[GoldenAI]

there is a music video for this? lol

and yes major updates! Don't forget to join in the discussions

[jacob07]

You call it the free hug alliance, i say its my birthday

[GoldenAI]

lol is that random or is there a reason for that last comment?

[GoldenAI]

Our current goal is to have at least one person from every team sign up for the free hug alliance and give free hugs at comps. This is preferably the job for mascots is it not?