[safiq10]

How has your team changed from the 2013 season to 2014 season? The Devastators has had a drastic change in the last past year. So I decided to create this thread to hopefully inspire some teams to continue improving and to raise some important questions.

The Devastators at the end of the 2013 season became determined to start an internal mentorship program so we would not have a repeat of the great devastation ( Our seniors left in 2012 leaving us absolutely no knowledge. So our 2013 seasons we began as rookies again.) We placed fairly well at the TRR (Texas Robot Roundup) and we were featured on a local news station here in waco! That was a first! We also began actively pursuing outreach by demo'ing at over 15 different event in our town. Once school started back up we started our first ever mentorship program where our seniors mentored our BEST robotics team. Then our seniors (who are apart of an FTC team) challenged 3 members to make a 3 member FTC team and they began to mentor us as well. Also we recieved a 3D printer and had a lot of fun with that! Once season began we decided that this year we would compete at chairmans and we did really well for our First time. We also raised enough money to fund 2 regionals!

We also inspired a girl engineering club to start at our school and managed to get a robotics class! (MORE FRC TIME!!!) We are really proud of what we have done! So what have you guys done?