Problems Facing Rookie Teams

[Matthew.Pateman]

The funny thing is we are not allowed to demo the robot because it is once again "school property" and we need a teacher present to use it. We really are in a sticky situation.

[rsisk]

Can you find another teacher?

[vhcook]

Is it possible your teacher/mentors are just burned out from the build/competition season and need a break but will be ok in the fall, or are they done-done? Can you meet off-campus for some of your intended off-season activities? Can you recruit other teachers to help?

[Matthew.Pateman]

They are done done

[RyanCahoon]

You could maybe see if there is a coach or mentors from a nearby veteran team or somebody from FIRST Canada that can come to the school to talk to either the school administration or the teachers. Maybe somebody like that would be better equipped to discuss with your teachers any problems that they have developed with the FIRST experience and resolve them or maybe find a compromise. Do you know why your teachers have lost interest?

If you end up in the last-ditch situation of having to re-found the team separate from the school like EricH suggests, nearby teams may also be able to lend you some parts to make a demo bot with until you get your KoP next year.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by RyanCahoon

If you end up in the last-ditch situation of having to re-found the team separate from the school like EricH suggests, nearby teams may also be able to lend you some parts to make a demo bot with until you get your KoP next year.

That was NOT my suggestion. My suggestion was to operate independently ONLY for the summer, building a demo robot with non-school-related parts/funds possibly, until next competition season rolls around. Remember, it's not an official school/team activity--it's just that everybody doing it happens to be on the team, somehow.

[Tristan Lall]

Talk with 2056 (who are from your area). They may have suggestions.