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Originally Posted by rsisk
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Temporarily highjacking this thread
Having one senior mentor in a state of 27,000 square miles with now 145 FRC teams is a difficult job as Jane Young can attest. (Jane was the first FSM before turning over the reins to Mike Henry a couple of years ago.)
FIRST in Texas (FiT) is attempting to help with the same problem that we have in the FIRST Tech Challenge. There is likely to be 150 - 200 new FTC teams in Texas this year alone. To make it a bit more of a challenge, many of these teams will be competing at events hosted by folks new to FIRST themselves. To help with that situation, FiT is funding six or seven mentors that we are calling FTC Technical Mentors to help provide training and assistance across the state. I think they have people under contract in Houston and Fort Worth and maybe in Laredo. However, they are looking for folks in El Paso, Lubbock, Tyler and the Killeen/Waco area. If you have FIRST experience and have time to organize training sessions and practice sessions over the next 4 - 5 months, get in contact with Erin Hagan or Kristi Holman with FiT ASAP. Send them a cover letter and resume via fax or email.
Okay, back to posting ideas on how this FRC team in Corpus Christi and others survive thier rookie year by finding and developing mentor support systems.