Gracious Profesionalism: What is it?

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I thought there was a thread like this already, so feel free to redirect me if there is, but what would constitute Gracious Profesionalism to the CD community? We talk about it all the time, but do we really know what it is? What other examples outside of FIRST would show GP?

For me, I was at a swim meet where some isssues occured, but they wouldn't have affected the meet. Entries and timing got confused and there are protests that, in my mind, are not going to accomplish anything.

Is this what Dean Kamen had in mind when he started FIRST?