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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
This is exactly what 3450 and 2337 have done this year. It started out last year with myself heading down there to help with any software issues they had and they let us borrow some of their mechanical mentors. It works surprisingly well and has led to a lot of idea exchange. But you have to realize that 3450 and 2337 are 20 minutes apart and many of the mentors live either in between or past the other shop. This arrangement wouldn't work out well for teams much farther away.
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Unfortunately, this is part of the problem. I know, personally, there are 3-4 teams withing easy driving distance of us (Sub-1hr). Obviously, neighboring teams won't have this issue...
For teams that are further apart, then maybe we should literally hold a summit: A location and event where teams of a region could find it worth the 1-2+ hour drive out there. Where, it's not just 1-on-1, but it's actually multiple teams from a region that can share there ideas with each other in a workshop format. That would still be a great learning experience, could turn into a something a lot of fun, and would give teams a chance to become familiar with other teams in the area.
Again, I think this is something that merits further looking in to.