Re: FIRST rule regarding team membership
 

Just write "Hard Knocks" or "None" on it and dare anyone to be un-GP enough to complain. ;)

Seriously, assuming a one-to-one relationship between schools and teams is a hard habit to shake, even for the folks who write and proof-read the rules.

Blake

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MOE has never had a problem with that. We had students from 18 different high schools on last year's team and only put our major sponsors' names on the robot. I don't know what we put on our inspection checklist but again we have never had a problem passing inspection (at least for that - weight is another problem).

One slight correction. Since we formed a 501c3 umbrella corporation for the team, we have put the name of the corporation on the robot. (First State Robotics, Inc. - First State as in Delaware, not FIRST).

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We don't have a school sponsor and we will be displaying our Youth group instead (4-H)

Re: FIRST rule regarding team membership
 

We are also a 4-H team and said so on the robot. We also had a school sponsor us (even though we werent a "school" team, they gave us money) Their name went on the robot as well.

Re: FIRST rule regarding team membership
 

The only rule that I recall, if I am remembering right, is that one student can't be on two teams.

IE: If your school has two teams a student can only be a part of one at competitions.

You cant be a member on team #A then be a member on team #B at the same time.

I might be wrong but that came straight to my mind when I read the first post.

Re: FIRST rule regarding team membership
 

thanks guys, its a technicality for our mentor so i needed something in writing.

btw thats great that first isnt bound to schools, i believe in the future we will see community based competitions and organizations, after all, robotics is the future.

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i have been a memeber of a team with a school that i dont go to for ten years now. my school (or at least my career center) is getting a team this year, but im still staying with team 343.

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Being part of these teams where we are community based (4-H) rather than school based is a really neat experience since we are able to allow everyone in, including home schoolers, and trust me, they have saved us more than once. But what's best about it is that we aren't limited to only teachers for mentors. We have mentors from all many of the companies and schools around our community, and some that drive a ways to get there.

The best thing is that we don't have to worry about students coming from 2 different schools and there isn't any rivalries that follow it. Everyone's is on the same level there.