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Disappointed - My opinion

dwinhold

Looking back at the latest design challenge Design for a Cause, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. Before I continue, congratulations to everyone who competed and completed or tried their best. I always feel if you tried your best and didn't complete you still succeeded. This challenge was for a great cause and potentially help many people for little to no cost. This challenge was even more important as part of the winners prize goes to charity!! I personally put 100% of my effort and knowledge into creating my project as I truly hope one day it will become a reality for the seeing impaired. Now for the disappointing part:

 

16 competitors chosen / Unknown number of applicants

16 kits sent out

8 competitors completed

4 competitors started but didn't continue past a couple of blogs

4 competitors didn't even start

Now this means 50% took the challenge serious and wants to make a difference. 25% started and gave up (Reasons unknown). 25% didn't even start.

 

So what happened? 8 competitors got the kit for free and did nothing for it. They took away 8 others from competing in the challenge who could have made a difference. The kit was worth $250.00USD, so $2000 worth of electronics was wasted. That is wrong and disappointing....

 

 

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Dale W

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  • This has got to be the most positive and welcoming electronics site on the planet which is great and I almost did not speak up but will (cynic that I am).  I have sympathy and appreciation for those who started but were unable to finish.  This can happen for all sorts of reasons including underestimating the effort or just the pressing matters of life getting in the way.  But the high number of persons who did not post at all is another matter.  It might be good to see what prior contributions to element14 those who failed to post have made.  Twenty five percent failure to even start is too high and if it can be correlated with low prior contribution then it should be investigated.  All the while remaining cognizant that bringing in and helping new members is one of the strengths of element14.  Thanks for welcoming me about a year ago by the way - I have had numerous people help me and suggest improvements to my projects - but you have to at least post.

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  • This has got to be the most positive and welcoming electronics site on the planet which is great and I almost did not speak up but will (cynic that I am).  I have sympathy and appreciation for those who started but were unable to finish.  This can happen for all sorts of reasons including underestimating the effort or just the pressing matters of life getting in the way.  But the high number of persons who did not post at all is another matter.  It might be good to see what prior contributions to element14 those who failed to post have made.  Twenty five percent failure to even start is too high and if it can be correlated with low prior contribution then it should be investigated.  All the while remaining cognizant that bringing in and helping new members is one of the strengths of element14.  Thanks for welcoming me about a year ago by the way - I have had numerous people help me and suggest improvements to my projects - but you have to at least post.

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