National Robo-Call Day
 

idea:

start something called national robo-call day

where kids, mentors, teachers, parents and whomever else is interested calls their school boards, principals, city councils, state and local law makers and tell them to support STEM and robotics programs

once a year in the fall before the start of the season

By support they can do 1 or all of of 3 things

*make an announcement about the program via their media channels
*donate or secure funds for the program
*come down to the program and visit the team

would you partake?
What she change or add about this idea?
Would it be useful?

Re: National Robo-Call Day
 

Have a look at the following:

www.nationalroboticsweek.org

Our boys exhibited their FLL robots at the event held at Johnson Space Center along with people representing several other Lego-based competitions. NASA and several commercial robotics manufacturers were also exhibiting, some letting visitors test drive their robotic arms. One of the visitors gave me his contact details and said that his boss was looking for a high-school team to sponsor. Bonus!!

Re: National Robo-Call Day
 

I love the idea... Just our team has been doing this weekly for the past 5 years. Nothing has changed yet except for a STEM credit add on.

Re: National Robo-Call Day
 

Whatever you do, find another name for it. Robo-call is a term with a very poor connotation already. It's the practice of using automated dialers to make unsolicited phone calls. We've all gotten them and we all hate them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robo_call

It's a good idea, just a bad choice of name.

Re: National Robo-Call Day
 

Agreed. Robo-calls have become a big annoyance in Canada. During the last federal election, there was a conspiracy that the conservative party used robo-calls to stop liberal voters from getting to the polls. It's a great idea, but needs to be renamed.

Re: National Robo-Call Day
 

Definitely. I was planning something sort of like that anyway:)