FAHA: Communication between mentors

[Cory]

Maybe he simply meant that as a member of the school's faculty, he should be responsible for disseminating information regarding meetings and such.

To be perfectly honest, I'd pass off all the logistical issues to him and take charge of the technical side of things, if I were you.

You have the experience in the technical things, as you have prior FIRST experience, while he has the experience in the logistics/behind the scenes stuff, as a teacher. You guys should be able to head up each group, and learn about the other from each other.

It's essential that you establish who is responsible for what up front. If you do so, and someone drops the ball and fails to do what they said they did, nobody can criticize you for stepping up and taking care of business.

Beyond that, you should make it clear to him that you're not trying to step on his toes, nor are you trying to replace him.

If you are a college student, age may be an issue. You will find that it's often hard to gain respect at first, as you are so close in age to the students.

There's a lot of issues at play here. It's difficult to say what the teacher is thinking, since we only have your side of the story.