Volunteering
Interested in being an FRC mentor? Please email coach @ skunkworks1983.com
Parent volunteer positions (note: many of these require 4-H youth protection training and background check) - contact president @ skunkworks1983.com if you want to take charge of one or more of these important tasks:
| Position | Description | Owner for 2019-2020 season |
| Houston Travel Coordinator | Reserve plane tickets and hotels as early as possible - this is a critical task. Also ground transport including NASA visit. Coordinate with experienced mentors on itinerary setting (we all go to opening party etc) | |
| Houston Food Coordinator | Lunches and one team dinner. Pretty much requires renting a car there. | |
| District Champs Travel Coordinator | Reserve hotels as early as possible (unless it's Tacoma), possibly busses | |
| Grant Writing coordinator | Seeks out many, many grant opportunities, works with others to get applications written | |
| Business Outreach Cold Call Coordinator | Tee up opportunities for students to present to local businesses | |
| Study Hall Chaperone Coordinator | Let's get the kids to BP right after school | |
| RAHS -> BP ride coordinator | But most can't drive - can we get parents to help? | |
| Robot transport | Need to free up Andy to be able to walk away from the trailer at load in / load out to be with the team in the pits | |
| Web/IT | Students can manage content but we need somebody managing the back end | |
| Robot Reveal party coordinator | ||
| Year End party coordinator | ||
| Field Build coordinator | Organize a crew to build the "Team Plans" once game is announced. May be able to get a mystery shopping list before that. | Patrick Joy |
| Teambuilding coordinator | Organizes non-robot-related teambuilding events - practice field dodgeball, BP putting course etc | |
| Competition Lunches coordinator | moms killed it last year, but some folks that volunteered got lost in the mix due to murky roles | |
| Build season meals coordinator | Saturday lunch for sure, not certain of value of midweek dinners at BP | |
| Auction coordinator | Run the circus - manage the many sub-positions | |
| Yard cleanup coordinator | Responsible for follow-through on yard cleanups sold at Spaghetti Dinner | |
| Fundraising Coordinator (Applebees, parent nights etc) | Stuff that isn't the auction, or grant writing, or the letter writing campaign | |
| Letter Writing Campaign Coordinator |