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Re: Texas Registration 2015
Steve, thank you for the post. You are on the right track but I don't think anyone in this thread is crying over the issue. This isn't the first time this has been talked about and I'm pretty sure everyone in this thread has their boots on the ground working on the problem. The issue is it's a larger problem then any one person, or one team can fix.
Every year, we hold boot camp builds, bumper builds, scrimmages, my email and phone number is given to every rookie team. A lot of people try very hard to keep teams around and we still aren't able to sustain them and I promise it's not from a lack of effort on the veteran team's parts. We had two Texas teams win Engineering Inspiration at Championship last year and neither of them won the Chairman's award at their first event last year. The field of veteran teams that are leading the way for rookie teams and supporting robotics in the state is huge but none of us have been able to really crack this problem on a wide scale.
Your post shows your passion for the program but not every team has someone like you and that's a piece of the puzzle. There are things we can do and have done at large levels to make it easier for teams to stay around.
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