Invite Obama to Atlanta, we already did

[pacoliketaco]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Wow, so much Negativity here on ChiefDelphi.

1> President Obama thinks so highly of Science and Technology that he put it into his inaugural speech.
2> I believe FIRST fits into his vision of the future of Science and Technology.
3> His people are quite capable of deciding if the security risk is worth coming to Atlanta.

So lets just invite him, and let him make the decision.

THANK YOU. All i thought of was the invite, whether he would actually show up or not, it doesn't really matter. In sending him letters, we are showing him what FIRST is, which is the whole point. When i made this thread, i did not think of logistics, and i won't, as that was not my intent. I did not want to start an argument about this, i just wanted FIRST teams to try and make a difference.

[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Wow, so much Negativity here on ChiefDelphi.

1> President Obama thinks so highly of Science and Technology that he put it into his inaugural speech.
2> I believe FIRST fits into his vision of the future of Science and Technology.
3> His people are quite capable of deciding if the security risk is worth coming to Atlanta.

So lets just invite him, and let him make the decision.

I agree with you completely. Ask. Whats the worst he can do? Say NO?

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Seriously.

Cordially,
Pavan Davé

[Cow Bell Solo]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

To be brutally honest, I doubt any current president will be able to attend Champs. Here's my reasoning:
C. We're not big enough. This is the president we're talking about here, folks. This is the most powerful man in the world. We aren't big enough yet. We're close, but this is the man who single-handedly packs millions for speeches.

Didn't you ever see the top searches on google when new clues went out, or after kickoff. FIRST highly impacted those searches, which I'm sure had to of been a lot of people.

But yes we are smaller than other events in the world. But many people I have come across knowing or not that I am on the robotics team, asked If I saw this robotics competition on TV. So the word is getting out.

[merybar]

It may be a slight inconvience getting into the Dome however i think its something that can be done. It wouldnt take to long to be searched headed into the arena the normal way, as well as, the tunnel could easily be searched and controlled. It would make a pretty big statement to the first community if the President of the United States made it to the Championship.

[EE_I_B]

Ya'll are being way to nice. <rest of comment omitted because of violation of CD Rules>

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Why should we worry about the security or the little details?

Quite right. We can assume with some certainty that the Secret Service would handle the details, soon after the acceptance of such an invitation. The paranoia about weapons and locking the stadium down isn't reasonable at all. As a society, it's ridiculous to be in constant fear of someone attacking the President, wherever he may go, to the degree that he can no longer make a simple public appearance.

[Nate Smith]

Shortly after the inauguration, as they were talking about the new part of the whitehouse.gov site that was supposed to make it easier for you to submit feedback to the White House, I sent out a message introducing FIRST in general, and offering to provide more information upon request. To date, I haven't heard anything back...