[KenWittlief]

Something else that really helps out rookie teams - if they can establish a hotline - hook up with a veteran mentor who they can call or email and get a quick response, esp when they are at the work site and are dead in the water.

"Shower the rookies with love, people. Show then the way that FIRST feels! things are gonna work out nice if you only will!" -James Taylor (paraphrased :c)

even us veteran teams - I cant tell you how many times Ive called the Xcats, or the Kodak team, or one of the other locals when I was in a pinch at 2PM on a saturday afternoon. (it helps that the xcats site is only a mile from our site too :c)