Starting a new FLL Team

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by ArtemusMaximus

Hello everyone. A coworker of mine was looking for local FLL team in Edmonton for his kid. Local FLL facilitator wasn't much help in locating and helping to find a team and basically told him to go and start his own team giving just a generic reference to FLL website.

This is the most frequently asked question coming into the FLL planning committees and the process is often misunderstood.
FLL has the support of thousands of volunteers on planning committees who help get teams registered, offer workshops, enlist even more volunteers to host events including finding even more volunteers to help at events. It is all volunteer-driven. Logistically it is almost impossible to "place" a student on a team as these teams are created in all different ways and just like FRC, are run based on what works for the group.

I hope your co-worker takes the plunge. FLL is a blast! We are looking at almost 400 teams and 21 events in my state next year. It took hundreds of people just to put on the events last year so that each team had one qualifier to attend. It is insane, but a lot of fun.

There are many FRC teams who support FLL teams and events - and they are filled with great advice. There is also a lot of great information on the website.