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Re: Alumni Mentoring a rookie team... advice?

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Originally Posted by Nikki Haux View Post
I think this is the hardest part. We don't have any time left really. We had our first meeting yesterday, but it was more of an info session for students and parents. There were two experienced teams there (my old team included, which was how I became involved.) and we were basically explaining FRC to them. We haven't really set anything up yet, except for which Kickoff we are going to, and a workshop the following day.
Yeah, it's a bit late right now, but if you try you might be able to put something together. Again, contact as many local teams as you can - if you can arrange to have one of them to walk your students through the control system and basics of a drive beforehand, it will be invaluable.
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