What can FIRST do to increase FRC team sustainability?

[marshall]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Let's save the bag day talk for the threads about bag day.

While the point has most certainly been beaten to death, I think there are a lot of us that feel it is relevant to the sustainability of FRC teams and that is what this thread is about.

[jman4747]

Originally Posted by marshall

While the point has most certainly been beaten to death, I think there are a lot of us that feel it is relevant to the sustainability of FRC teams and that is what this thread is about.

Yes.

Anything that helps teams get more competitive and advanced helps the sustainability of the team and the program.

One other point on curriculum...

Even before a full classroom ready curriculum is developed, the control system and programming documentation needs to be more robust and include more complete examples. Even something as simple as team 358's LabView example page which was maybe the single most useful document I've used for programming. What I would like to see is an example robot code for each language based on what a mid level team would actually field. Basically like when a team releases their code but with more polish. it's very frustrating as a new programmer to not know how all the examples you see for how to run a motor or how to initialize a sensor are supposed to work together. For a team that may not have access to an optimal programming mentor base you need more than a list of functions and a basic example often. Meanwhile looking at the software produced can be somewhat daunting. That I think would go a ways to improving morale and helping teams become more competitive early on.