I think raising the FRA's profile in general would be a good idea...the committee does need a bit of time to 'bed down' as Jamie said but would it be at all possible to make the actual association more visible to the event-going public, maybe through a stand handing out leaflets and guides to building very basic robots, or a condensed version of the build rules and guidelines? I haven't been around long enough to know if there's been any similar measures taken in the past, but it seems like a fundamentally good idea that should be looked at.

I'd also like to join the general consensus that this thread and members of the committee talking to us more is a good thing, more transparency can only improve the sport in my opinion