[kjhobin]

IMHO: College students should defiantly be allowed to return to mentor their old team. On 555, kickoff for us is like a big reunion. We all go to our design meeting to brainstorm, and its great to have the old team members help generate ideas or pose questions to people to people who generate ideas to help them come up with something feasible. For 555, we don't get that much help with actually building the robot from our alumni, that's left to the students on the team. The alumni then usually during the competitions and cheer us on, volunteer at the events, and just help the traveling process run smoother.

Over all, your alumni are a valuable resource, and turning them away is really not a smart decision.