Video Required for Chairmans

[rees2001]

I too have read through his and I cannot understand why FIRST is forcing the video issue? It seems as though somebody in FIRST has the idea that video is the way to reaching more people and thus getting more people interested in FIRST.

Look at the President's Circle for the past 2 years. 2007 had less applicants than planned award recipients. This year they had to extend the deadline because of an apparent lack of submissions (5 to date).

Is it us, or is it FIRST that seems to not understand? Is FIRST raising the bar too high in a year they are already making changes? I understand that making a video is a lot of work but, is it really that much work? specially for teams that think they are CA caliber. It does seem as thought they are separating the "haves" and the "have-nots". I too think the DVD format makes it harder on teams that don't have the resources.

I know it seems like I'm all over the place on this video thing. I like the idea but it may require some tweaking.