2004 Championship Eligibility Criteria!!!

[Amanda Morrison]

Originally posted by Amanda Morrison
4. Until we get through this year and see how the process works, deal.

Originally posted by D.J. Fluck
It's the rules, they are going to stay for this year. Deal with it.

Thank you to people like Jason Morella for clearing things up a bit, and thanks to people like D.J. who post as such to get us all back into our right minds.

When's the last time you called up FIRST headquarters just to say thanks? Or saw a volunteer at a regional and said, 'Hey, you're doing a really great job here. Thank you for everything you're doing in your spare time.'

Sadly, not enough people do that.

I think D.J.'s post (before the slams and the negative comments come in) was similar to my earlier post.

Just please remember when posting that there's a group of people trying really hard to do what's best. As was pointed out to me (and I really do appreciate it) criticism is the way to improve on the system, but please don't take it to extremes.

Criticism and flat out complaining are two different things. Criticism is good right now: let's work things out and find a better way. Complaining is not only getting us nowhere, but making everyone seem like the mentality is "This system sucks, and here's why."

It all comes down to this: things are really changing. It's just how we, as a community, handle this change constructively and how we make FIRST a better place.