The Growing Gap in FIRST & on CD, and Our Responsibility to Fix It

[brian3795]

I also think the frcteams@usfirst.org account should send out a mass e-mail to teams that have yet to register two weeks before the registration deadline for veteran teams, and again the day after registration is supposed to close. In the e-mail, urge the teams to contact FIRST if they are having any non-monitary issues, such as finding mentors, sponsors, etc. FIRST can then pass the information down to the teams respective regional director and the operation can resume from there.

Here in the Dallas area, they do exactly that. So we, a rookie team, dutifully told them "sure, we could use mentors and a veteran team to help." Silence. Absolutely nothing.

Of course, at this point it's rather late to send help. We have fortunately been able to find some very good mentors. We were also fortunate to have a veteran team offer to help us during build day (shoutout to Waxahachie Global HS!), but we never really did receive any non-monetary assistance.

Asking for rule clarification on Chief Delphi is like asking someone in a locked room what's on the other side of the door. You can hear

Hear what? The response rate here is certainly faster (and apparently more informative) than requesting a rules clarification via the "official" forum.