Opinions on this site may be misleading regarding official information; go to the source. If someone thinks that this is a FIRST rule then they should able to find it written down somewhere, just like a game rule. A good place to start would be to contact the
FIRST Senior Mentor from your area to help find the official requirements. From PA it is Jessica Jankowitsch
jjankowitsch@usfirst.org or
jessjank. on these fora.
<opinion>The only official documentation I've been able to find is
http://www.usfirst.org/community/vol....aspx?id=11576 which suggests to me that FIRST considers the issue of who qualifies as a mentor to be a team issue. </opinion>
If there is a team rule then it too should be documented somewhere. <insert plug for team handbooks>