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 . 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 > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html > and select "Join or leave the list". > > > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via > VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. 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