[Tom Line]

FIRST in Michigan has been remarkably good at promoting the start of new teams. This year they contacted local teams to ask to help mentor those news teams - we've been in touch with a number of the new teams around us to help.

As always, the real trick is not starting a FIRST team. That part is easy. The hard part is long-time retention. Even well-known teams fail. FIRST is a very difficult endeavor over the long term unless you've been very lucky in terms of sponsorship.