Thread: 17 y/o Mentor?
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Re: 17 y/o Mentor?

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
This might be an issue depending on your role and how scrupulously your team follows the bill of materials rules. I haven't read the rules for a specific year with this situation in mind, but IIRC the general rule is that student team member and mentor labor are "free", but labor from other sources must be charged on the BoM, even if volunteered/donated.
I'm going to make the possibly contentious statement that this is one of those situations where strict adherence to the rule would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. This clearly isn't what that rule was meant to do.
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