Thoughts from an Outsider

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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

He only thinks he's an outsider. Once you have the disease, it never goes away...

Anyway: It appears that FIRST has grown up while we weren't watching (or maybe watching too closely): it HAS become an event, and it DOES have spectators who don't have copies of The Manual.

• The programs are one place to start: Give them out at the entrance, not at (or in addition to) Pit Admin. Will a team volunteer for this in NY City?
• Animations for the common penalties are a great idea. Is there a team who can do this for this year, maybe for the Championships??
• There should be signs at the spectator entrance(s) explaining that they are welcome and encouraged to visit the Pits - and mentioning the programs. FIRST?

Now that non-FIRST people are showing up, we need to educate them - note that most of them are not present for the opening ceremonies, so they miss all that useful background stuff - maybe FIRST can play those video clips (the game, Dean, Woodie, etc) somewhere on a continuous loop?

More questions than answers, more requests than concrete actions, but just wait until next year...

Don

Don,

I don't really understand the regional leadership structure and as a relative newbie I spent a lot of time observing and asking questions. I'm kind of a "jump in with both feet" person so the feedback is really helpful. I wanted to post my comments here because I wasn't sure If my observations had any validity to them. Thanks for your feedback. I am definately going to talk with the coaches about my thoughts and see if we can be part of a solution.