In 2007, Dean's homework was for each team to contact their government officials (e.g. mayors, legislators, governors, federal officials) and invite them to a FIRST regional or the championship to expose them to the competition and increase the level of political awareness of FIRST.
在2007年，迪安给每个团队的作业是联系本国政府官员（例如：市长、人大代表、省长和中央官员）并邀请他们参观FIRST锦标赛或冠军赛来让他们在比赛中曝光以提高FIRST的政治意识水平。