Recruitment

[Kartik Singla]

FIRST of all congratulations to everyone involved in FRC as another successful year for FIRST concludes.

I am a grade 12 student, graduating this year. This is our second season in FIRST and anyone involved in our team loves the experience. However, our team comprises mostly of graduating students, which may result in us not having a team for next year. I'd like our school to continue participating in FIRST. Thus,
1) what would be the best ways to recruit students for next year?
1a) what would be the best ways to ensure participation from each student so that no student feels neglected or discouraged?
2) How do we create an awareness with in the school that the competition is not just for techy kids but something for everyone?
3)How do we get more mentors involved? (especially for the business team)
4)How do we approach the big companies?
5)What other significant post season activities can be done to make things simpler for next years team?
6)any other suggestions, concerns or ideas that you might have for our fairly fresh team with not a lot of tech interested school students?

Thank you for reading this post and I would greatly appriciate any comment or suggestion

-Kartik
Marketing Team Captain
Team 1385
Waterloo Robotics