View Full Version : Starting a new FRC team in Mandeville, Louisiana
I am working to start a team in Mandeville, Louisiana. Last year, I was part of team 1477, in Texas, but i moved to LA this year. I joined a team at another high school, but i really want to make a team at my new school. I am working with my parents and the school to get the word out to students and parents, trying to get people interested. I am trying to make a video to put on the morning announcements about making a robotics club, which would be the FRC team.
What i need though is potential mentors, coaches, sponsors, or what ever i can get. Team 1477 has graciously decided to long-distance mentor us, and to help us get started. I have also received word that a team from slidell, LA would be willing to mentor us too.
Any help, suggestions, or anything would be most appreciated! :]
Guy Davidson
20-04-2008, 23:58
Err, team 8 is from Palo Alto, CA. We'd love to help, but unfortunately, we're about 2240 miles away.
Yea, thats just a little bit too far away.. Thanks for the suggestion though!
Blue_Mist
20-04-2008, 23:59
Paly? Palo Alto High School? Pretty far west- they're relatively close to us (Menlo-Atherton) in the Bay Area, in California.
Edit: Wait, what? Oh... beaten to it again...
Akash Rastogi
21-04-2008, 00:02
LOLOLOLOL
I'm so out of it. All I saw was LA. :o
nvm...I'm useless in suggestions then. Good luck then? hehe
I changed the LA to Louisiana, so others won't be confused. :)
lasereyes
21-04-2008, 00:05
According to the FIRST website, there is another team in Mandeville, Louisiana (Team 2221). Also, the FIRST website indicates that they are willing to mentor.
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teaminfo&team=2221&event_type=FRC
Perhaps you should talk to them.
Akash Rastogi
21-04-2008, 00:05
I changed the LA to Louisiana, so others won't be confused. :)
Thanks lol, I need to watch where those commas are haha
LOLOLOLOL
I'm so out of it. All I saw was LA. :o
nvm...I'm useless in suggestions then. Good luck then? hehe
Even then, Team 8 is several hundred miles from LA. Get some sleep man. :)
Akash Rastogi
21-04-2008, 00:09
*Makes fool out of self on public forum*
Blue_Mist
21-04-2008, 00:20
That's alright, that's why we have Gracious Professionalism, especially in a place where text can be so impersonal. Hurrah for good old forgiving Chief Delphi!
Blue_Mist
21-04-2008, 00:29
To get a bit back on topic, here (http://www.usfirst.org/involved/content.aspx?id=272)'s a list of sponsors that have supported FIRST all these years. I think most of these, if not all, are nation-wide companies. And of course, you know that engineers can be found almost anywhere, especially within these companies. As for the video idea, a music video or even a slide show set to some cool music boosts the awesome factor of designing and building robots by about 10 times. Best of luck!
According to the FIRST website, there is another team in Mandeville, Louisiana (Team 2221). Also, the FIRST website indicates that they are willing to mentor.
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teaminfo&team=2221&event_type=FRC
Perhaps you should talk to them.
Thats the team i was part of this year. They are on the opposite side of town, thats why i want to start a team at my school.
To get a bit back on topic, here's a list of sponsors that have supported FIRST all these years. I think most of these, if not all, are nation-wide companies. And of course, you know that engineers can be found almost anywhere, especially within these companies. As for the video idea, a music video or even a slide show set to some cool music boosts the awesome factor of designing and building robots by about 10 times. Best of luck!
Thanks for the list of sponsors. I'll try emailing them and see what i can get.
And for the video, i was thinking the same thing. I waiting for pictures from the championship that my friend took to add to the list.
If you need any help with mentor contacts, 2587 is in the process of recruiting more people on the mentor search website.
http://mentorsearch.us
For now, you might want to just contact your FIRST Regional Director ,
http://www.usfirst.org/regionalcontact.aspx
A process is also going around for the Texas Teams to help increase communication about FIRST Robotics in Texas,
http://groups.google.com/group/texas-first
Torboticsmember
21-04-2008, 18:10
My team is from Hammond, Louisiana. So if you need any help you can call on us. Tomorrow I will get you our email address of our main mentor, so if you want you might be able to collaborate with her or something. But yeah if you need any help you can pm me also. I won't mind
Torboticsmember
21-04-2008, 18:21
Can I ask which High school you are going to right now? It will help so I can give as much info. to my teacher as possible.
I am a Junior at Mandeville High school. I currently have a list of about 10 students that would be willing to join a robotics club, but i am looking for more. I am also shopping for a good teacher sponsor at Mandeville that would be there most of the time.
Torboticsmember
21-04-2008, 18:51
This is my teacher's email address
shelly.gaydos@tangischools.org
And she said that she is friends with a Math teacher at Mandeville High, and will talk to her about it, that teacher might be able to help you get it started or even mentor. You never know. Hope your successful.
If you are ever looking for an Inventor specific question, feel free to PM me. I am too far away to do much else, but am happy to help online with relatively short wait time. Good luck with the new team.
Cool! i'll keep you in mind if we have any questions!
I am sure Team Fusion will be willing to help. We're not too far from y'all either, so it should work out. I would also contact Katie Wallace from NASA's SSC to ask about sponsorship. PM me if you are interested. I can give you her email and my phone number as well as our team's email address.
I'd definitely be interested! Thanks a lot!
Team Fusion is a great team. Were they the Regional Chairman's winners this year at Bayou Regional? Also, don't forget to contact local college and university engineering departments. Michoud (NASA) may have folks interested in mentoring. Check out MOEmentum online at www.moe365.org. It's a week by week resource for Rookies. It's a good format for newbies. It breaks the process down so you don't get overwhelmed and gets updated as the build season goes on. Good luck!
Team Fusion is a great team. Were they the Regional Chairman's winners this year at Bayou Regional? Also, don't forget to contact local college and university engineering departments. Michoud (NASA) may have folks interested in mentoring. Check out MOEmentum online at www.moe365.org. It's a week by week resource for Rookies. It's a good format for newbies. It breaks the process down so you don't get overwhelmed and gets updated as the build season goes on. Good luck!
Indeed we were the Regional Chairman's winner, and again, if anyone needs help, I'm here and ready.
Thanks for all you help! this is more than i expected!
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