Contacting a FIRST Team

[artK]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

usfirst.org I don't see a reason to make things more confusing than it needs to be.

While I think that it would be helpful to have one email address per team on the US FIRST site, it could also be useful to have the regional websites (like Canada, California, etc. ) as an easy way for communication within regions.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by artK

While I think that it would be helpful to have one email address per team on the US FIRST site, it could also be useful to have the regional websites (like Canada, California, etc. ) as an easy way for communication within regions.

This still makes it more difficult for the people that are not in the know to get in contact with teams in their area. A contact link accessible from the "What teams are in my area" search results is what is really needed.

[Rosiebotboss]

artk--don't get hung up on the US part of usfirst.org. The official name of FIRST is United States Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. In the beginning, in the latter part of the last century, it was promoted and branded as USFIRST and all the official filings were made using US FIRST. Today, we all know it is multi national and hence US was dropped from the branding.

Originally Posted by artK

While I think that it would be helpful to have one email address per team on the US FIRST site, it could also be useful to have the regional websites (like Canada, California, etc. ) as an easy way for communication within regions.

[treffk]

Originally Posted by artK

While I think that it would be helpful to have one email address per team on the US FIRST site, it could also be useful to have the regional websites (like Canada, California, etc. ) as an easy way for communication within regions.

Most regions I've encountered do have specific websites with information for main contacts in that area. I'll like a few I know off the top of my head plus a few other's I quickly pulled from a google search of the state/region + FIRST robotics

Kansas City Metro

VA, MD and DC

Saint Louis, MO

Colorado

California