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Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 2001
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
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Finding helping hands

Hi everyone!

I am a third year robotics team member on team 368 in Honolulu, Hawaii, transitioning to a small town for college (Grinnell, Iowa). I am looking to start a team for the local high school there, but am running into several problems that maybe you guys can help me with:

1) Not being familiar with the town or local businesses, I am at a disadvantage to have places in mind to solicit support. Situated in a very small town, there aren't many places to look anyway. Also, I go to a liberal arts college where engineering is not very prominent or have many professors that fit into the engineering category. Unlike other teams that have institutional support from nearby universities, this means we must look at the private sector for industry professionals. I am working with a senior at the college, who has contacted many science faculty and we are waiting for responses and advice. What is the next step and can we do more?


2) How do I approach to school and when? Having been once on a team, I understand that very early on in the year a team needs to be formed and oriented. But with the teachers on vacation, I am not even sure that one would be willing to advise our robotics team. What have other college teams done in the past to overcome this obstacle?

That's all the questions I have right now and I hope I can really start a team for my college and expand on the number of teams in the state of Iowa (currently there are only 3!). Thank you for all of your help in advance!
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