[openFIRST-devel] Fwd: General Help

[Tim G. <ti...@op...>]

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> From: Leon Machado IV <leo...@gm...>
> Date: September 20, 2005 9:22:55 AM EDT
> To: ti...@op...
> Subject: General Help
> Reply-To: Leon Machado IV <leo...@gm...>
>
> Greetings,
>
> I'd like to quickly introduce myself and then get to the point of this=20=

> email.=A0 My name is Leon Machado.=A0 A couple of years ago myself =
along=20
> with a handful of other people started an organization known as the=20
> Inspiration Foundation, Inc. (better known as iF).=A0 After talking to=20=

> people and faltering some, the organization basically went no where.=A0=20=

> I was up at WPI a couple of weeks ago and just happened to be talking=20=

> to an old FIRST friend, and she had the idea of supporting FIRST=20
> teams, the same basic idea we had a couple of years ago.=A0 After some=20=

> discussion, we decided it would be better to take it slower then the=20=

> first time, and build a solid base with a lot of great connections=20
> before trying to tackle our dreams of supporting numerous FIRST teams.
>
> Our basic question is two fold.=A0 The first is OpenFIRST looking for=20=

> help or support in anyway?=A0 The second is would OpenFIRST or anyone=20=

> associated with it be willing to help a new organization develop a=20
> ground floor and hopefully grow with us?
>
> Feel free to pass this email around, and have any questions, comments,=20=

> etc., be either gathered and sent in one email, or let everyone send=20=

> individual emails to me at leo...@gm... .=A0 I hope to hear=20=

> back from you soon.=A0 Many thanks for the time your and you're=20
> organization is giving to this.
>
> Yours in FIRST,
> Leon O. Machado IV
> President, The Inspiration Foundation, Inc.