Hello,
My name is Paul Chaguine and I was one of the mentors who recently started FRC Team 5829 the Awtybots. Previously I was a student and mentor on FRC 2587.
This is my first experience starting an FRC team and I wanted to share a document that I created talking about things that we did throughout the year (the team was started in May of 2015) to get ready for the build season and to make sure that we have a successful year (not just building FRC robots).
Here is the link to the whitepaper on my experience and suggestions/useful things for a Rookie (and some useful things... well for any team) to think about when starting up or resurrecting a team in FRC.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/3190?