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=Columbus Space Program Mentor Page=

FRC Team 4188, the Columbus Space Program, is looking for experts in multiple areas to contribute to a group of energetic high school students from 4 schools to help them reach the Georgia State Championship and the World Championship. Areas include mechanical, AutoCAD, electrical, programming, strategy, communications, and media. FIRST is more than just robots, so we need more than just engineering skills.

2017-2018 Mentors
Michael Brooks, Veena Harish, Rick Kosbab, Melissa Kosbab, Laura Richardson, David Rush, Cora Suggs

Why should you be a mentor for our FRC team?
Make a difference is the quick answer but every FRC mentor will give you a different answer but the end result is that they share a piece of themselves in an environment that makes a difference in the lives of young people. Being exposed to top level technology and the excitement of creativity do not hurt either.

What is the time commitment?
Mentors come in two varieties in terms of time availability. Advisors are sent design reviews and come whenever they can with an average of once a week or less. Some advisors compact their time in a short burst to offer specialized training - for instance, an AutoCAD expert might come 3 days in a row to help a group of students with 3D printing and then come by every couple of weeks when their schedule allows. A "full time" mentor would come 6 hours a week or more which amounts to one Saturday or a couple of weekdays per week. Mentors are typically assigned a particular integrated process team that is trying to engineer a task or complete some marketing action.

Do I travel with the team?
The best teams travel with often large packs of mentors, so we hope you can! It is not required. There will be 3-5 weekends in March and April depending on how well we go.

What are the requirements to become a mentor?
The number one requirement is to have enough passion about the principles of FIRST to want to be a mentor! There is a free online background check for all mentors/advisors to complete. Talk to Coach Richardson (astro AT mit DOT edu) to find out specifics.

Calendar:
Season KICKOFF. Saturday, January 6th in Columbus at Hardaway High School 9:30am until 2pm. A small group will attend the kickoff at Albany, GA. Strategy meeting at Marshall Middle School starting at 2pm until 6pm.

Robot Bag & Tag. Tuesday, February 20.

District #1. March 2-3, Gainesville, GA District #2. March 22-24, Columbus, GA District #3 March 29-31. Duluth, GA Georgia State Championships: April 4-7, Athens, GA World Championships: April 17-21. Houston, TX.