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Originally Posted by ArtemusMaximus
I know I am jumping late into this conversation and I haven't had time to read all the posts, but I wanted to express my opinion nevertheless.
I like the idea of having veteran FRC team assigned as a mentor to a rooky FRC team.
Having 2014 our rooky year, I can tell first hand that even with all resources available "out there" it is extremely difficult to know everything that is necessary for FRC Season.
We were very small team (9 kids, 5 mentors) one of first 4 FRC teams registered in our city. Only 2 teams made it to compete.
It's a miracle we made it, considering number of setbacks we had (missing parts in KOP; other ordered parts took 3 weeks to arrive; fried sidecar etc).
Our first practice run with the robot was our first game at the regionals.
Why am I telling this? Not just for the sake of venting, but to say that it would be awesome to have a Mentor for our mentors and kids, even if it is a "remote" one.
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Thank you for offering your opinion. Your plight describes exactly what I hope we can address. I suspect that if a more experienced team was able to reach out to you in September (your team # is consistent with starting earlier in the fall) that you have had smoother sailing through the build season. I don't think we can rely solely on "should"--we need to create a situation where teams are "rewarded" much more directly than a feather for a possible Chairman's Award if they act.