NEMO turns 10 at Annual Meeting

[KathieK]

NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) will recognize our 10th anniversary at our Annual meeting on Friday, April 26, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to noon in room 255, 2nd floor, America's Center, St. Louis.

All adult mentors from any FIRST team are invited to attend and discover what NEMO is all about! We'll be talking about what direction NEMO is headed in the next decade. Feel free to come and go as your schedule dictates.

Please share with the other mentors on your teams!

[Banderoonies]

I will certainly stop by with some of our NEMO mentors from 195

[RoboMom]

NEMO is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! We started out with three FRC mentors from different parts of the country and have now expanded to include over 700 registered members, a private forum, and a website with a resources page filled with mentor-written white papers. There were numerous local NEMO meet and greets around the country this year at regionals, off-season events and local trainings.

NEMO (non-engineering mentor organization) is open to any adult mentor and is filled with both technical and non-technical mentors.

Please join us at our annual meeting, Friday, April 26, 2013 from 10am to noon on the 2nd floor of America's Center (Rm 255), St. Louis. We're looking forward to hearing your suggestions on what direction NEMO should go in the next decade.

Mentors are welcome to come and go as your schedule dictates.
Please, no students at this meeting.

See you there.
~Jenny and Kathie

[RoboMom]

Thanks to all who were able to stop by the Annual Meeting.
We were honored to have Dr. Woodie Flowers and Dennis Howland (Volunteer Resources Manager) drop in and talk about the important work all the NEMs on teams are doing.

Today I registered the 800th member.

Website: http://www.firstnemo.org/ Busiest month since keeping statistics: March 2013 with 16,266 requests for pages.

Goals for 2013-2014 (and we are going to need help from the NEM community):
-To increase informational outreach to all mentors in FIRST, especially through social media.
-Redesign of content, photos and “look” of NEMO website.
-To update existing white papers on the Resources page on www.firstnemo.org
-To identify an “umbrella” 501(c)3 to accept NEMO as one of their programs.

We have been asked to prepare a white paper on NEMO which is in the works.

We will also be looking for a few small grants/in-kind donations to fund certain efforts.

We want to thank all the interesting and passionate mentors we've met over the years in NEMO. You are amazing!