Invite Obama to Atlanta, we already did

Originally Posted by Bongle

I could see Obama attending. A stadium half-full of high school students would not be so hard to lock down compared to a stadium full of political nuts (nomination) or a few million members of the public (inauguration). I completely agree that it seems right up his alley. It's a fairly innovative, merit-based approach to education that provably gets results.

I agree that a pre-recorded video (or live video) is far more likely though. Which is unfortunate, because I think the greatest benefit of Obama being at champs would be him getting to see FIRST in action (and thus perhaps supporting it as part of an education initiative), rather than the kids getting to see a speech by Obama.

A recorded video/webstream would be AWESOME.

But keep in mind, just to get into the inauguration, one had to queue up 4ish hours before hand to go through security screening. I don't want to deal with that at a FIRST competition.