Upon hearing the news of another Discord, the Main FRC Discord, I have supported the use of Discord and Slack throughout FRC overall. With teams making the switch to Discord, I figured it would be worth-while to relaunch the idea of a Discord Server but with a different twist to it. For those that do not entirely know what goes on in the Main FRC Discord - I deeply apologize for stating this to the moderation team here on Chief Delphi but this is something that the FRC community must face as a problem - the Main FRC Discord is censored to an extent such that users aren’t fully committed to the use of seeking information via Discord. Thus, the “Make FIRST Great Again” Discord Server was created. This server, while implementing the core aspects of FIRST, invites users far and wide to a friendly server which encourages others to make a difference - not only in their local communities; but online, off the field, and in person. A large number of people struggle to get access to information, however, this server is planning on being open to most such that they (a) must be interested and/or confirmed for a volunteering position at an event, (b) must be a mentor or coach, © must be a student on a team, (d) must be previously involved with FIRST in either an alumni status or else a status relevant towards, or (e) they must be seeking information on how to start a new team.
While the administrative team in this system is still looking into several sources for information a number of people within the server are fairly knowledgable on topics relating to; programming, mechanical, design, business (currently nicknamed bizshiz by one of the admins), outreach, imagery, media, strategy, and electrical.
Please do note that as the server begins to expand that Moderation positions will begin to open up, and - here’s the small twist - keep in mind that we hold everyone to their own accountability with or without the expectation that they represent their team at all times. (I, personally, am not a fan of the idea that you represent your team at all teams, but I am a fan of the idea that as part of a FIRST space you represent FIRST as a whole and thus this server should reflect this regardless of the political reference the name makes.)
Without further delay, here is a link to the slightly more under-developed Discord Server and hopefully we can all help Make FIRST Great Again. (In case you want to share the link, feel free to use http://discord.gg/utJxDFE )