Post K12 robot tournaments

[Andrew Schuetze]

Thanks for the references Andrew and Rich! I've sent out some initial invitations to local roboticists. (BEST, FRC, FTC mentors and organizers) I will host an informational meeting of the minds the week of Aug 10th. If either of you happen to be in the area and want to join us, send me a pm or email and I'll give the details and you are more than welcome to join us. RoboMegellan had fallen off my radar scope but that along with some skill challenges might be simple enough to set up and provide some breadth of challenges to attract a variety of members.

My rough idea is to conduct quarterly membership meetings and run the main competiton(s) in July or August. K12 students could enter, if they have access to robot kits. I don't see this as duplication of BEST or FIRST goals and as a vehicle to develop new mentors and sponsors as well as be another piece to the public awarness campaign. Need to have STEM and robotics in the news all year round.