Student Exchange Program?

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by demosthenes2k8

Another suggestion is to do the same thing, but for mentors. If done right, it could really help teams by providing a mentor who has experience in something that the team doesn't really focus on or understand.

(Sorry, I don't have much to add)

This is exactly what 3450 and 2337 have done this year. It started out last year with myself heading down there to help with any software issues they had and they let us borrow some of their mechanical mentors. It works surprisingly well and has led to a lot of idea exchange. But you have to realize that 3450 and 2337 are 20 minutes apart and many of the mentors live either in between or past the other shop. This arrangement wouldn't work out well for teams much farther away.