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TEAM IS IMPLOIDING!!!
There's no subtle way to says this so I will come right out and say it, my team has lost sight or what FIRST and FRC is all about. To give you a sense of what has happened I first must give a brief five year history.
The last five years of the team, since 2011, our team has faced more than its fair share of obstacles and challenges both financially, mentor wise, student wise and leadership wise. The team essential reset and went from a promenet figure in the area to a struggling debt ridden she'll of its former self. Loosing all of the talented studenting a mass exodus of seniors. Leaving very few students almost all freashmen and sophomores behind.
2012, new coach, sets president for a team with minimal mentors involvement.
Fast forward to 2014, our teams has gotten out of debt and made it to worlds for the first time in years. Setting a false sense of ability for all of the freashman. Team puts vaule in growing size.
2015 we are in the middle of switching coaches and end up making a mediocre robot and winning no awards for the first time in living memory. Design team is and robot is CADed for the first time since 2010. Design team ends up being two students. Team continues growing.
TL;DR
This brings me to now, our team has about 50 students with about 60% being freashmen, the new coach believes that everything should be the whole teams voted desicion. All the current students are unskil due to lack of mentor involvement over the last four years. The teams captains habe been elected by popular vote and they can not lead.
At this point the team has expanded for 7 in 2011 to >50 students, but has had no real ability to train them. The coach and the principal will not listen or make action to improve the team. At the same when ever one of the few self taught first loving students try to work one design so far we have been reliving the first 2 days of buildseason ground hogs style, more or less. Mentors are not guiding or they are making things worse buy letting outlandish idea like a flying robot are being considered for real.
I am at a loose for what to do. No one is acting to fix the disconnect frim FIRST's mission and put the team back on track. Who do I contact? The FIST vista? The head mentor oe the region? I need help.
I love first too much to see my team disconnect form the great program FRC is, yest at the same time it gust to stay. What do I need to do to start the team back in the right direction?
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