pic: A letter from U.S.FIRST to sponsors, before the initial year

[Conor Ryan]

Thats a really cool paper, and if anyone wants to get into FIRST doctrine, [off topic] this would be to FIRST what the Monroe Doctrine is to American Foreign Policy.[/off topic]

But leads me to another question, how long has the Gracious Professionalism philosophy/practice been around in FIRST? FIRSTwiki cites the 2004 manual, but it has been around for much longer than that one would assume.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

Thats a really cool paper, and if anyone wants to get into FIRST doctrine, [off topic] this would be to FIRST what the Monroe Doctrine is to American Foreign Policy.[/off topic]

But leads me to another question, how long has the Gracious Professionalism philosophy/practice been around in FIRST? FIRSTwiki cites the 2004 manual, but it has been around for much longer than that one would assume.

Woody talked about GP during his 1996 Kickoff presentation. I wasn't around before that.

[Libby K]

i don't want to incorrectly state the year, but i remember listening to it first being introduced and thinking 'wow. what a great idea'.

my memory tells me it was NJ regional way back when? definitely earlier than '04. 1996 may have been it. it sounds about right.

again, don't quote me on it. i'm probably wrong. i just remember being much much younger when i heard about it.

[Rich Kressly]

Amen. The debate rests right there. Massive rep for resourceful one. GP has been "in the water" since the beginning and talked about throughout. Only recently will you find it documented in the manual.