02-06-2016, 14:39
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,934
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Re: What can FIRST do to increase FRC team sustainability?
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Originally Posted by Oblarg
One person for a large number of teams is not very much "institutional support."
...Teams that are struggling to scramble enough resources to produce a working robot at the end of build season naturally do not tend to have overflowing spare time with which to pursue acquiring new resources. ...
... teams that are struggling and at risk of collapse often have mentors who are overworked in the first place. ...
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I agree this is a problem, or at least a symptom of a problem.
Do you have a method in mind for accomplishing what you would like to see change?
Do you think what I suggested (suggestion) (or paynetrain's two-divisions suggestion) would take a big bite out of this reason why teams struggle?
Blake
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Last edited by gblake : 03-06-2016 at 01:18.
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