I have a question, so the game manual in the @Home challenges said to have at least one mentor during the interview, but doesn’t mention an upper limit. Does anyone know the maximum number of adult mentors there can be?
If there’s no upper limit stated, then there’s no upper limit.
Also note that said mentors are there to observe per the same manual section. Not sure whether extra observers will help or hurt; you may want to ask your students if they want extra mentors observing.
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The interview email we just received also mentions this, and the wording is pretty much the same:
At least one (1) adult mentor or parent MUST attend the interview as a silent observer.
That seems pretty clear that you may have more than one adult observer, but they all must remain silent and let the team do the talking.
Yes, it’s unlimited to the practical limit of whatever Teams has which idk… (I pinged my JA)
I was a huge fan of the policy we had in FLL where as long as the parents were quiet and were behind the kids so they couldn’t signal the parents could absolutely be in the judge room, their kids worked hard they should be able to see it and be proud of them.
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Teams has a limit of approximately 400 attendees. Please don’t try to push that limit.
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I would be. rather surprised if a single FRC team plus judges was able to get 400 attendees on one call. Most teams that are big enough for that to be an issue (100+ students, plus parents and sponsors presumably all on separate devices) are going to be organized enough by necessity to be able to tell people “OK, only essential people” and have everyone listen.
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I would like the team with 397 mentors (400 attendees - 1 student presenter and 2 judges) to please give me some mentor recruiting tips.
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I’m curious if, once the proceedings begin, they ask the mentor(s) to both mute and turn off/cover camera, so there is no appearance of signaling [assuming the mentor(s) are in a different location from the students]
They didn’t say to at judges training. That’s said, a mentor has attended Chairman’s interviews for years. And when i judge FLL/FTC, an adult is often there. It was only a problem a couple times and it wasn’t subtle. (And when commented on, the mentor stopped so I don’t know if it was on purpose or a lack of awareness of the rules)
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