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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) | Rayna Meuer |
| Houston Food Coordinator | Lunches and one team dinner. Pretty much requires renting a car there. | Clarie-Vangie Calicdan |
| District Champs Travel Coordinator | Reserve hotels as early as possible (unless it's Tacoma), possibly busses | Rayna Meuer |
| Chezy Champs Travel Coordinator | Reserve hotels as early as possible | Rayna Meuer |
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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 | Bryan Calicdan |
| Web/IT | Students can manage content but we need somebody managing the back end | Duane Nakamura |
| Robot Reveal party coordinator | Annual build season event. Usually involves dessert, probably at practice field. May need to coordinate with other HRA teams. | Angel Joy |
| 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 | Rayna Meuer |
| Competition Lunches coordinator | moms killed it last year, but some folks that volunteered got lost in the mix due to murky roles | Clarie-Vangie Calicdan |
| Build season meals coordinator | Saturday lunch for sure, not certain of value of midweek dinners at BP | Clarie-Vangie Calicdan |
| 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 | Make sure letters get sent, thank yous get sent, coordinate with person who picks up the mail. Have a template letter good to go. | Kurt Sorensen |
Each coordinator should document the job for whoever comes next!