Houston FRC Mentor Workshop

[AllenGregoryIV]

Hi,

Scott Rippetoe of Texas Torque and I are putting together a workshop for FRC Mentors. It will be hosted at St. Agnes Academy in Houston, Texas. The details are below and also in this pdf (http://goo.gl/4tVdu).

We are hoping to have mentors from young teams and also from teams that will be starting in 2013 or later.

Times
July 13, 2 PM to 7 PM, dinner together
July 14, 8 AM to 5 PM, lunch provided

Topics
Full Kit Bot Build and Mechanical Concepts
Intro to Control System and Electronics
Running a Team (All the non-Robot Stuff)

RSVP: http://goo.gl/GOqCo

[familyguyfreak]

Are those sessions different or do they build off of one another?

[AllenGregoryIV]

It's one workshop, the goal is to try to give mentors and teachers an intro to every aspect of the team since many times rookie teams don't have more than one or two mentors.

We also want to build the community by getting a group of new mentors in a room together for a couple days. Hopefully it will build connections that will allow them to find solutions to the problems that arise while running a FIRST team.

It's going to be different than the talks and presentations that are normally given at workshops. Much more hands on and question driven. Similar to the rookie build days / quick star builds but just for mentors. That way the mentors can take the knowledge back to their team once build season rolls around.

[chadr03]

Is this a free event? I'm interested, just need to make sure I don't have any work conflicts those days.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Yes it will be free, the only cost will be paying for your dinner on Friday night. We are planning to go out as a group.