[YAK'ker]

One way I look at mentoring is to think "if I walk away after mentoring them on a project, will they be able to do this on their own?" More importantly, maybe "will they see the value of doing this?"

That said, I am not sure scouting is very well understood, especially with our freshmen and sophomores. I think an orientation to what it is and how it is used needs to be formally done every year, with a team decision on how to implement it (paper, program, or a combo of both.)

We made the mistake of trusting an app this year that didn't work well for us at competition. Thankfully, we brought our archaic paper system along as a backup.

On a personal level, I don't know where our team would be without our alumni mentors. You can do so much more than us old people, because it's more like peer pressure and they relate to you better. Thank you for all you are doing for your team!