[lemiant]

Hey,

So, here is my situation. I am trying to convince a school in my area to start an FRC team, their robotics program is still extremely young. Currently they only have bought a couple of Bio-loid kits. There are two teachers however, who are extremely interested in starting a robotics program. One is the shop (metal and wood) teacher, he is extremely young (22-ish), and seems really excited about FRC because "you get to fabricate all the parts yourself".

There is a second teacher, who I believe is the head of the science department, he is older (40-50) and is also very interested in robotics. However, he saw a presentation on VEX competition a couple of weekends ago and he seems to be really into that idea. His main aim in the program appears to be spreading robotics, he is very excited about the possibility of starting teams at other schools and maybe hosting a regional within a couple of years. As a result of this, he likes VEX because it is really easy to start teams.

What can I say, and what links can I send them that will appeal to the each of them (a link to a good Kamen speech would be greatly appreciated).

PS they also apparently have a handful of kids, that they have talked to personally about a robotics program who are very interested, is it a better idea to try and get the groundwork going with these kids, or to announce right away?

EDIT: The reason I am doing this, is because I would like to go to the school next year. I wish to move, in part because our FRC team (at my current school) is almost dead, and in part because this school is a self-directed school, which is awesome.

Thanks,

Lemiant