Is there too much focus on starting new teams, and not enough on maintianing the old?

TimCraig · #12 22-10-2005, 01:45

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Originally Posted by Matt Leese

FIRST was particularly guilty of trying to rapidly start lots of new teams a few years ago with the NASA grants and the KPCB grants. These managed to start some teams that were barely hanging on financially and ended up with little or no technical support.

The team I mentor was part of that flurry of team creations. We've managed to develop a strong program in every area EXCEPT fund raising. It would be helpful if FIRST provided more support in this area.

As an aside, it's interesting to read what support the mentor team thinks they supplied to us versus the support we think we actually received.

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