[KathieK]

I have had this conversation with Jenny this year. It is difficult to communicate with teams without a way of reaching them all. Last year we hosted a Regional tailgating breakfast and many teams got off the bus saying, "We didn;t know about this!" because we had no way to reach them all.

It would be great if the TIMS system included some choices for team leaders such as, "Do you wish to be notified of FIRST team events in your area?" If the team leader opted in, then a blind mailing list could be created. Somewhere on the FIRST site, perhaps in the pages that list all the teams in the state, for example, a link could be made available that would generate an e-mail to all teams that signed up. The sender would not be privy to the e-mail addresses, and the teams could have the option of joining the list or not.