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Re: Incorporating Alumni within FRC Teams

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Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher View Post
Totally agree. I mean, I'd love to have all college freshmen and sophomores just volunteer instead, but that's just me
Speaking to this, 910 actually has a policy that alumni can't come back and mentor their freshman year of college. This is for many of the reasons discussed by other posters above me.

In my case, I decided to help my team my freshman year by being one of our two required volunteers at our district events. On a whim I signed up to referee, and was surprised to actually be assigned as one. 6 years and over 50 events later, I'm so glad that I wasn't able to mentor and decided to volunteer instead. Refereeing has become one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done, and even after I became a mentor I've kept doing it.
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Team 910-The Foley Freeze -- Student 2007-2010, Mentor 2012-2016
FRC Referee 2011-Present
Referee at 29 Regular Season Events, 3 World Championships, 24 Off Season Events, and Counting

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