I am glad this discussion has started. I always shake my head when I see
posts from anxious parents looking for teams for their children. I rarely,
if ever, see positive responses.

The real problem, it seems, is that there are very few "neighborhood
teams". Teams that will allow anyone to join. I know of one such team in
the Hampton Roads area, and I think her business has closed as of this
year, so that will leave none. All other teams are associated with a
school, and they are limited to students at that school. If your school
doesn't have a team, you are pretty much out of luck.

I have often thought about starting a website to help parents connect their
kids with a team, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized it
probably wouldn't do much good because there just aren't very many teams
looking for kids.

I hope that I am wrong about the neighborhood teams. Maybe it's just a
Hampton Roads thing. Maybe more teams are not associated with schools than
I realize. In which case the website is an excellent idea.

So, what's the solution? I'd like to encourage these parents that are in
search of a team to start a team of their own. Then they can spread the
wealth and help a few more parents even. Other than that, I don't know what
the solution is.

I'd love to see this discussion continue. Scott, I'd love to volunteer to
help you, but I'm not the enterprise programmer type. I am sure there are a
few here though.

Best Regards,
Skip Morrow

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On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:54 PM Scott Rakestraw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Helping people connect and form teams is a challenge for FIRST. As a
> region run by volunteers, we see the need and would like to build a Team-up
> application to help people connect with and form teams. We need volunteers
> to help build it.
>
>
>
> If you are product manager, scrum master, UX/design professional, web
> developer, software engineer or QA professional who would like to work on a
> community project to help people connect, please contact me.
>
>
>
> I am hopeful by coming together as a community, we can build a solution
> that will solve this problem and still meet the youth protection standards
> of FIRST.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Scott Rakestraw
>
> VA/DC Judge Advisor
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> on
> behalf of Chintan Dixit <[log in to unmask]>
> *Reply-To: *Chintan Dixit <[log in to unmask]>
> *Date: *Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 1:34 PM
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: *Re: [VADCFLL-L] Looking for a spot in FLL Team in Herndon /
> Reston nearby Area
>
>
>
> Are people looking for teams for their kids been successful in finding
> team in their local areas? It will be interesting to see the outcome of
> such outreach. I request parents to share views. I usually don't see a
> response to such posts. I can only hope that parent are finding teams for
> their kids. My own experience has not been very good. This has been a
> challenge for newcomers, and in some cases with experienced kids once their
> team is dissolved and/or they move out to another area. I wonder if FLL has
> recommendations to engage student and parents into FLL activities and start
> local teams if parents are willing to help via forums like this? If I
> understand correctly, northern VA has the most FLL participation worldwide.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Komal Tewtia <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:51 AM
> *Subject:* [VADCFLL-L] Looking for a spot in FLL Team in Herndon / Reston
> nearby Area
>
>
>
> Hello Coaches and mentors,
>
>
>
> I am looking for a spot for my son in a FLL team in Herndon area. He is a
> rising 4th grader and passionate about research and robotics.  I would be
> available to help the team in many different ways. Please let me know if
> you are looking for a team member.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Komal Tewtia
>
> 703.989.0062
>
>
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