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Disney is a mixed bag
Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 10/18/2000 6:36 PM MST
In Reply to: Competition @ EPCOT - For us or for others? & misc comments posted by Nate Smith on 10/18/2000 6:03 PM MST:
Nate & Bill,
You both make a lot of good points. I am really torn about this one.
I know that Disney is a big draw for a lot of kids that otherwise wouldn't have anything to do with a robotic competition.
But at the same time, Disney is a net negative for the participants who are serious about competing or for even a fan intent on watching the event.
As to where to host the event if not at Disney, I have stated often on this forum that I believe that there are easily 10 and perhaps as many as 50 cities in the USA with the facilities to host the FIRST Nationals without hardly breaking a sweat. Transportation, hotels, compition venue, etc. Believe me, all these issues are difficult but nowhere near impossible to solve.
To my way of thinking, the only issue is whether FIRST WANTS to stay in a parking lot at Disney not that it HAS to stay there.
This is for Dean, Woodie, David Brown & the FIRST Board to decide.
Joe J.
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