I read in one of chain emails about selection criteria for Kids, Is there
really any kind of criteria setup for team selection?


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Vinayak Arumugam <
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> Like others have already suggested, forming a second team is a good idea
> (probably the best!). Overall,
>
>
>    1. Ten members is a big size for one team though accepted by FLL. They
>    may not get as much value out of it compared to two small teams.
>    2. I thought only those on the team could help with the competition
>    preparations. Thus if only 10 can be part of a team then any help from
>    others may violate the FLL rules. Please check the FLL rules on this one
>    and couple of other points below.
>    3. Encourage (or rather demand) other parents to step up to coach and
>    volunteer. I recall that you have to have at least two coaches identified
>    and have passed the background checks by FLL to even register your team.
>    4. If you manage to form 2nd team then perhaps same two coaches could
>    coach both teams. Though coaches effort may increase, kids will benefit
>    more with two teams. Ideally, you should aim for 2 teams of 5-7 kids with 2
>    coaches each.
>    5. FLL is not about Robotics. Project and Core Values are equally
>    important and scored in the competition. All parents, not just coaches, can
>    help with these two other activities.
>    6. I am not sure if you will be able to do any rational selection
>    process without upsetting the parents. I think easiest would have been to
>    go by first-come-first-serve basis.
>    7. Finally, before your first parent meeting you might want to
>    communicate clearly that a) you will likely have to form 2 teams and hence
>    will need more coaches and b) may have to eliminate some kids if not
>    coaches available and c) clearly identify the elimination process (e.g.
>    order in which you received their request via email/phone/in-person).
>    Otherwise, it could turn out to be a very chaotic and unpleasant parent
>    meeting!
>
>
>
> All the best!
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Vinayak
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:26:25 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Getting the team down to 10
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> I should have mentioned that. We are trying to encourage a parent to step
> up and coach a second team. So far none have accepted, but there's still
> time. That's actually our first choice, and we are going to push that
> pretty hard.
>
>
> .
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Fredrik Nyman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Is forming a second team an option? In my experience, a large team is hard
> to manage.
>
> If you can get some parents to volunteer as assistant coaches, you might
> want to form two teams of 6-7 and give everyone on the teams a
> substantial set of responsibilities.
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Skip Morrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>  I guess the forum is still broken??
>
> I am pretty sure we will have more than ten kids that will want to be on
> our team. I have read about some things that teams have done using some of
> the extra kids to help out, with the understanding that they won't be able
> to compete. Assuming that there isn't any interest in that, what can I do
> to get my team down to size? We have a parents and kids meeting scheduled
> soon, which will be my only chance to meet with them all before we do team
> selection. What would you look for? Are there some activities that we could
> do to help us make the selections? Should we go for the smartest &
> brightest, or something less tangible like personality?
>
> Skip
>
> .
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