FRC every-team canvas

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Originally Posted by snoman

This looks like a very interesting poll. Depending on what you are trying to get. But how many district or regional events are competing in? How many "other" awards did you submit? What is your teams biggest challenge / difficulty?

The goal is to characterize the resource and involvement level of teams, as well as the peculiar challenges they face. Many teams have non-monetary resources, so the poll/questionnaire is directed towards what the team does and what descriptive resources it has, and what it does with those resources, which should help normalize the results. (E.g.: a team which receives $40k in sponsorship, but has no fabrication sponsors, is probably "poorer" for competition purposes than a team which receives $25k in cash sponsorship, but has a half dozen engineering and technician mentors and liberal shop time from a nearby manufacturing facility. A $20k team with a "day trip" regional or two "day trip" district events is far "richer" in terms of competing than a $40k team that has to fly to the nearest event.)
While I did not distinguish between regional and district events, the first question is the first part of Q9.
Awards: if I did this, I would simply make it a list "which awards did your team apply for, or nominate a member for?" Are applications necessary for anything other than Chairman's, WFFA, and Dean's List?

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

Growth:
Is your student population increasing/decreasing/steady over the last 1 season? 3-5?
--Mentors?
--Sponsors?

Yes, I can see working this in, with answers of "rookie team" or "team less than four years old" when appropriate.

I would also like to add some questions regarding involvement, outreach and mentorship of other hands-on STEM programs, whether FRC, FTC, FLL, Vex, Sea Perch or otherwise. I can tell that this poll is already overextended, and will need to be trimmed back. Still, if anyone has questions you feel are more important or revealing than the ones already posed, please keep sending!