I was just thinking here…we can find out plenty about the other folks on CD…birthdate, team number, what they do, AIM, et cetera.
Thing is, I can’t tell you (without searching and thinking and lots of leg work) when they got into FIRST.
Is there a way to create a blank for a person’s rookie year, as it were?
Oooooo, I totally dig that idea. I’ve always wondered how long some people have been around in this organization and often times when I ask them, I am way off. I think this would be a totally cool addition to user profiles.
Brandon? 
motion seconded.
consider it thirded…ed the extra ed is because i am big and one ed just isnt enough
I’m pretty sure I remember a request for this years ago 
and just like then, I still would like it.
I think that would be a great idea.
It looks like the only place you can squeeze it other than in the middle of the field up above the text, is under the AIM and Yahoo messenger icons.
There already is a Join Date there (CD.com join date), but how would you (shortly) reword “Participant in FIRST since 19XX”(or 200X as in my case.) or is that good enough?
We could just all type it in the custom user title field if there’s no room for it.
Nah, It’s too filled with “I am JVN!” 
I like the idea.
What about right below Join Date ??
That works
Excellent idea! I think we need to add this to Brandon’s ever-growing todo list. Don’t you just love all the work we make for you, Brandon?
Anyways, I really like this idea. If nothing else, it would be interesting just to see how long people have been involved in FIRST.
I will add it next to the Join Date.
Something like:
Joined: 2001 | Rookie: 1996
OR
Joined: 2001 | FIRST: 6 years.
Something along those lines.
Any comments on which would be better?
The second one would be automatically calculated.
I like the first one better since it’s more obvious.
I like the Rookie year being shown rather than the amount of years in FIRST because people would be able to see what game got you started rather than having to figure out what year you began.
I prefer “Rookie: 2000”.
This way, you can simply ask participants to fill in which season they “played” first.
Example, I joined my HS team in November 1999, but my rookie year was 2000. The 2000 game was the first one I played.
I think it is important to keep this convention in mind. I would never claim 1999 as my rookie year, but some people would…
i like the first one…but whatever works
I’m glad you all liked the first one. It was eaiser to do.
It’s done. Go edit your profile. 
First of all, I like the feature, it’s great.
Secondly, I was noticing it’s not in the list of updates on the front. Maybe Brandon could put it there? (With the neutral rep, etc.) Since, hardly anyone has added it to their profile yet, even the people who’ve posted in this thread.
Just a suggestion!
Ellen