Responsibilities of a Mentor

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Kelly

After visiting our regional, one of our sponsors proposed banning mentors from the pits.

So what does that leave as the role of a sponsor? Sending the team bags of money and applauding whatever happens next?

I've read this discussion, and have only this to add. Why was this sponsor not more involved with the team? Why did he not know what the competition was about, how the robots were built, how the teams are run? I think far too often teams have their key group of mentors, some of whom may come from school and some from a sponsor or two. But they forget to keep the rest of their sponsors informed of what is going on. Why should sponsors keep sending money if they don't know how it is being spent?