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Originally Posted by Liam Fay
When you say parents, do you mean parent mentors? Or just parents who are not signed up in any FIRST database? Those two would have different responses.
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Both responses would be good. We are trying to create a comprehensive policy with our school, so more is better.
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Originally Posted by Liam Fay
I'm also interested in knowing what specific problems have arisen; are the parents too involved in the robot? Or are they trying to control the team?
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We had some problems with a parent who showed up only at competition and was demanding that we make various changes that would in actuality be detrimental to our robot. Another person is trying to take over the stuff on the business side, but would start to do things like send out sponsorship letters and order t-shirts without the school's approval. These situations have been resolved now. The team and the school administration weren't comfortable with this, and so we are creating these guidelines to prevent these situations in the future.