Joining a team as a mentor?

[LeelandS]

I'm sure some of you may have seen me post a few times on here, asking for suggestion on what I should do now that I've graduated High School and am no longer an FRC student. Well, now that a year or so has gone by, I've given a lot of consideration to trying to mentor some of the teams in my local area.

A lot of the experienced CD-ers have been on multiple teams. It's that kind of experience I'm looking to draw on.

I guess what I'm asking are two things:
1 - How do I go about getting in contact with a team? I understand that, if necessary, I could contact my regional director. Is it a better practice to reach out to a team directly? If I have a certain team or teams in mind, should I talk to them right off the bat?

2 - What are your experiences being a new mentor on a team? As a Non-Engineering Mentor-wannabe, with a little experience in strategy, design and programming, am I going to find that some teams won't have much of a place for me? Or do most teams find some place for an aspiring mentor? I'd assume that varies from team to team, but what have been your experiences?

I figured there may already be a thread on this, but I didn't have much luck searching. Maybe it's because I didn't exactly know what I was looking for. If you know of a thread where this has been discussed, PLEASE DIRECT ME TO IT ASAP!

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

-Leeland