Resources for Starting a FIRST Team?

[cooker52]

Here would be a good start- http://www.usfirst.org/what/frc/content.aspx?id=5504

Start there, and you should have some luck. I joined an organized group already, but that is the official "How to start a team" Webpage.

Edit: Oh yeah, you might want to go to a school and see if they will sponsor you and your team, or you can go to your local 4-H community and see if they will help sponsor you to get your name out and find a sponsor that will help you either make a workshop or let you use theirs. That's how we run, through our 4-H community. The advantage of going through 4-H is that you can accept all ages from middle school and up. As for paperwork, I have no idea the differences between the school system and the 4-H community.

Hope this helps.

[linnerd40]

Thanks! I'll be sure to send him the link

[SuperJake]

Here is a good step-by-step of what a new team can expect and the schedule they would face... MOEmentum.

[Bharat Nain]

At the bottom of our RINOS page, there are two documents. One is for a rookie/pre-rookie and the other is for the mentor team. There is a lot of valuable information in here. Also, check out Team 341's Team in a box.

[suewanninger]

Team 341 Miss Daisy offers a nice 'Team in a Box' package for rookie teams and those interested in starting a team. http://www.team341.com/

[KathieK]

These links and lots of other helpful resources for both rookie and veteran teams are included on the NEMO website, www.firstnemo.org. NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) provides support to all mentors of all four FIRST robotics programs in the non-technical, logistical areas such as team organization, mentor/student recruiting and retention, teambuilding, sponsors/fundraising, travel planning, etc. NEMO is free to join. Please refer your rookie mentor to our site!

[Billfred]

The best suggestion I have is to make contact with an established team somewhere nearby, either through CD, their website, or TIMS (if the team has elected to publish their information--or at least I remember the option being there the 1.618 times I've looked at TIMS). Getting them connected with someone in the neighborhood will go a long way towards helping some of the required parties (administrators, teachers, sponsors, etc.) understand what they're trying to do, both through programs and just having a robot there to let them realize the scale of things.

[notaPINKtruck]

We at the pink team are always willing to help out a fledgling team.

This can include money, parts fab, designs, ideas/guidance....anything

If you're interested, PM me.

[Carol]

Where would this new team be located? Linking him up with a nearby established team can be a great start.