Current+team+challenges

=Current Challenges Faced by Teams= Round table discussion Mentor Meeting in Greensboro, Sept 29, 2012


 * Fundraising
 * Building relationships
 * Time – networking/finding the right people
 * Matching programs
 * Demonstrations and presentations
 * Field trips and community outreach
 * Build space and test area
 * Sustainability
 * Ownership and productivity
 * Lack of technical expertise
 * Finding enough mentors
 * Mentor burn-out
 * Transportation for students
 * Keeping students interested
 * Balance student responsibility with results
 * Build season anxiety
 * Small student base
 * Money
 * Tooling – use of at build space
 * Empowering student leaders
 * Growth
 * Consistent interest and attendance
 * Programming (the robot)
 * Mentors/Parents
 * Transfer of skills
 * Recruiting new members
 * Scheduling – along with sports and other activities
 * Year round team vs partial year team vs seasonal team?
 * How to get parents more involved
 * Faculty burn-out
 * Team disconnect
 * Year round physical space
 * Tools training
 * Trying to do both FRC and FTC
 * Change the culture from mentor-led to student-led
 * Student vs mentor esp during build season
 * Off-season work