[Rosiebotboss]

All of these items listed facing FIRST teams, whether it be recruitment, money, mentor retention, student retention, or school support can be helped by a solid political plan. Like it or not, politics plays a very big role in every program. Having the backing of the school admins, the school board, the mayor or town manager, the president of your local sponsoring company, all boils down to how well you play the political game and can sell the FIRST program.

I don't want to sound like a commercial, but my co-founder (and School Committee Candidate, John Burns) and I are putting together a presentation for this years Kick Off on politics and how it affects the FIRST program. Dean has it right, get the political support and everything else comes easier. We did and Rosie is doing fine. (We still don't have enough money, but then again who does?) Look for it soon on a website near you.