Frank Merrick gets it!

[MikeE]

I'm really looking forward to seeing an FRC Blog post responding to this thread

[Wendy Holladay]

Frank has done an exceptional job during a transitional time. He is wonderful and 1912 thinks he is amazing.

[Richard Wallace]

The FRC community, like many volunteer-fueled organizations, is rich in talent and passion. Also like many such organizations, it embraces quite a few strong egos.

Frank Merrick has a rare gift -- he can harness the talent and passion, while gracefully deflecting the egos. The result is nearly invisible but highly effective leadership.

Add my name to the already-long list of FRC volunteers and mentors who would like FIRST to remove the 'acting' from Frank's title.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Everyone,
Frank has led the inspection crew for many years so I can say "I worked for Frank". He is exactly what everyone here has witnessed and more. The reason you have improvements in the inspection process and more streamlined rules go right back to Frank and the people that work for him. He has certainly made my job easier and he now has Collin taking up his former duties which is an excellent choice. So add my vote to the list. Please make Frank the director.

[Siri]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Everyone,
Frank has led the inspection crew for many years so I can say "I worked for Frank". He is exactly what everyone here has witnessed and more. The reason you have improvements in the inspection process and more streamlined rules go right back to Frank and the people that work for him. He has certainly made my job easier and he now has Collin taking up his former duties which is an excellent choice. So add my vote to the list. Please make Frank the director.

This has been fantastic. I didn't even catch that he'd been promoted from within. Definitely great. Come on FIRST!


#HesNotActing

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

The FRC community, like many volunteer-fueled organizations, is rich in talent and passion. Also like many such organizations, it embraces quite a few strong egos.

Frank Merrick has a rare gift -- he can harness the talent and passion, while gracefully deflecting the egos. The result is nearly invisible but highly effective leadership.

Add my name to the already-long list of FRC volunteers and mentors who would like FIRST to remove the 'acting' from Frank's title.

This is said so perfectly.

Another +1 for Permanent-Good-Guy-Frank.
He embraces community input, and solves any problems FRC encounters with a smile.
He listens to the students, mentors, and volunteers that make up this organization, and he articulately responds through the proper channels.

Frank Merrick has my utmost respect, and I hope he doesn't plan on going anywhere for a long long while, because FRC will go far if he sticks around.

[Jon Stratis]

He certainly gets my vote. Everything he's done this past season to help increase visibility and show teams that FIRST is listening has been a huge improvement. With Frank at the helm, I'm optimistic that the program will only continue to improve.

[Teamcodeorange]

Thanks Frank! You exemplify what FIRST should, and hopefully will continue to be.

[JohnFogarty]

I swear he needs to become permanent director.
Like now.

[dag0620]

I'll second that too! Frank has been amazing, he get's it, and I'll even say one of the best things to happen to FRC in my time here.

Please to the powers that be, drop the acting from his title and make Frank THE Director of FRC.

[Akash Rastogi]

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

[CENTURION]

Throw me on that list too, he's been fantastic.

[Akash Rastogi]

Check out this thread as well. It seems all the higher ups at FIRST are taking our comments to heart.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=116558