[Andrew Blair]

Originally Posted by KathieK

Wow, didn't see a single post in this thread about mentors and the non-engineering aspect of a team... just a question, not meant to insult or inflame, just curious, on the student-led teams, how did you eat during your Regionals? Was one of your students in charge of figuring out where the team would get breakfast, make the bagged lunches, figure out what restaurant could seat you all for dinner? And did you put your hotel reservations on your credit card (to be reimbursed later)? Our team has a large mentor base. I'd love to talk to a team which is more student-based to see how you do it all.

Also, not to inflame or sound cocky, but quite a bit yes. Our team has an extremely small mentor base, only three of them, and, though we obviously do not charge a several thousand dollar amount onto our own personal credit card, we do take care of the hotel arrangements on our own (using a very trusting mentor's credit card), as well as some food. However, we do not make seating reservations at large resturants, nor drive ourselves to the competitions. Our mentors are wonderful to us, and our team is very grateful for their support, but our team, and I'm sure many others, get along fine with more responsibilties placed upon them.