View Single Post
  #7   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 19-11-2004, 00:15
Allison K's Avatar
Allison K Allison K is online now
Registered User
AKA: Allison Kneisler
FRC #3538 (Avondale RoboJackets)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Troy, MI
Posts: 585
Allison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond reputeAllison K has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Who do I go to first about starting a new team?

High school robotics was a completely foreign concept when I moved here. I started with the principal of the high school. I wrote a letter and used some of the information from the FIRST site about the benefits of having a team. She gave me permission to give presentations during lunch and contact teachers to ask if I could give presentations in their classes. Next I contacted businesses and the College. The business I wrote a presentation and burned each company president a CD with Pictures, Video, and more information. For the college I met with the president and discussed what the college could do to support the team. I go to a small college in a small town (the high school only has 500 kids). We also got a few homeschoolers who heard about us from the high school students. After that we went to the college and local newspapers and asked if they could run an article about the program. Most of them did. Later this season we'll give a presentation to the school board. I'm also going to try to start a club here at the college for students who mentor and support the high shcool team. If we can set clear goals, an official college group can get funding from students senate, and we could use that to pay travel fees for college mentors. That's the plan anyway.

~Allison
__________________
FRC3538 : RoboJackets : 2014-??? : Head Coach & Drive Coach
FRC226 : Hammerheads : 2003-2013 : Strategist
Reply With Quote