FIRST LEGO League Common Email Questions

Introduction

Common Email Questions and Answers

• My child is very interested in joining a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team.  What do I need to do to get them on a team?

The best way to get your child on a team is to read and follow the sign up information at http://www.boardsailor.com/first/index.html

Be sure and send in the sign up information including your volunteer information and check for $150 by this Friday Aug 27, 2004.  It would also probably enrich your child's experience in FIRST LEGO League if you checked around and got some of their friends to join in too.  My role in the Los Altos Community Teams is to help people organize into teams and to organize the scrimmage and local competition events.  There is only a program if volunteers come forward to make it happen.  Give me a call if you have any questions.  965-8037 Home or 604-1460 Work.

• Where Can I find out more information?

I have created a website that has most of what I know about FLL teams and starting FLL teams at http://www.boardsailor.com/first/index.html .  This includes a description of the program, team organization information, time commitments, and cost information.
 
• What time are the meetings?  My child attends soccer, music lessons, and Scouts so I want to make sure there is not a conflict before I sign him up.

I help form teams up.  Once the team is formed, they select a coach and then the coach and team set the meeting times.  In short, you will only know the meeting times once you and the rest of the team work out meeting times.  Send in your sign up information with a note telling me your schedule conflicts and if you are unable to work out a time that works for you within the first few days of forming a team, I will return your check in full.  If anyone can think of a better solution to this common problem, please tell me it.
 
• My son is interested in signing up for your team. However we notice that on the day of the competition, we will be out of the country. Does that preclude him from participating in a team?

This happens every year.  It is always nice to be able to attend all of the meetings and competitions but in the end, the children learn a lot and have a lot of fun by attending and participating in most of the meetings and competitions.  Missing a few meetings and the competition is not a problem.  Your son will likely still have a great experience if he chooses to participate and be an active member.
 
• I just found out about the opportunity to join a team.  Can I get more time to send in my information?  Or, it is after the deadline, can I still sign up?

Friday August 27, 2004 is the deadline.  I will make up teams on Saturday August 28, 2004 and it is hard to put someone on a team if I don't know that they are interested.  You can always go directly to FLL and register a team with them and skip me.  Their deadline is later.  Check the website for details. If you go this way, you will have to find all of the team members yourself.  If you wish to sign up with me, please follow the directions at http://boardsailor.com/first/signup.html.  If it is after the deadline, I suggest sending me your sign up information by email and ask me if there are any teams that could use one more team member.

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