pic: 2007 Volunteer of the Year

[Jack Jones]

Q: When the automatic scoring fell on its face - who was it that saved the day, more yet the season, by standing there for hours clickers in hand?

Q: When the Hatch software lost the team list, failed to enter autonomous, failed to exit autonomous, got the two sides out of temporal sync, or just plain crashed - who was it that un-plugged then replugged the Cat-5, rebooted, re-counted, or just plain overrode that expletive deleted?

Q: When the teams failed to read the robot rules and mounted their bumpers a foot from the floor, used double sided tape to get a better grip with their shooter, powered their RC black/black, gained 13 pounds during eliminations, and so on and so forth - who was it that stopped them from gaining leverage, spewing sticky foam tape, reversing polarity and blowing their controller, gaining an unfair momentum and traction advantage, and so on?

Q: When the teams got in the wrong position, failed to plug in their OI, failed to turn on their robots - who was there to start them off right?

Q: Who was it that spent hundreds of dollars on air fare and hotel rooms only to have the privilege of being scrutinized for proper credentials as they scurried to grab a bite to eat?

Q: Who was it that got to pay ten dollars a day to park because FIRST took them for granted and just couldn't part with a few entry fees.

Q: Who got the blame when something went wrong?

and finally

Q: Who won't be volunteering at four regionals and the Champs next year, or thereafter?