Team in Bakersfield, CA

[ChrisH]

Most announcements are posted here in the SCRRF subforum of the FIRST related organizations forum, in addition to being sent out to our email list. I think our next meeting will be in Santa Monica on a Saturday morning but I forget the day.

Upcoming SCRRF events include our annual seminars for teams and the Southern California Classic off-season competition. Unfortunately I don't have my notes from the last meeting here at work.

If you want to restart a team the first thing you need is a dedicated teacher who is willing to take this on. They can work things from within the system rather than fighting it from the outside which is much more difficult. They do not have to be a technical person. One of the best coaches in FIRST is an English teacher. But they do have to be willing to put in a lot of work to support the program. As I recall, lack of support or active discouragement by the school were big factors in why 524 could not continue. It would be great to get something going in Bakersfield again. The gap between LA and San Jose is far too large to only have one team in it.

If you can get a potential leader to come down to the Classic or go up to the Cal Games it might be a starting point. We'll have enough teams there that it will seem like a regional, but without the big video screens.

ChrisH
Vice President, SCRRF, among other titles