We need a second build season

[Ben Martin]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I understand the initial purpose of this thread but I would just like to present this thought.

The 2nd build season is the season of building the team. Time well spent.
Building the team occurs during the intense build after Kick Off and into the competition season, that is true - but team building at others times as well, can be fun, creative, developmental, and worthwhile. It can be through outreach (my personal biggie), fundraising - always needed and fun to do, team building events, off season events/competitions, promotional development, demonstrations to sponsors, future sponsors, future team members, community centers. This, to me, is the 2nd build season. Whenever you can fit it in. Just a thought.
Jane

That's very much how my team thinks. We'll try to do many or all of those things during the "off season" where we're not designing/building the robot.

This year is different, however. We're building another robot for a future team to use at the IRI. We plan to use this time for the seniors to pass on the knowledge they have obtained over the years to new members. They won't touch the robot, but they will instruct us. This will especially help the students who will be joining the team in May. Everyone will benefit.