Message from FIRST: Sharing your experiences

Greetings Teams:

Do you have valuable FIRST experiences to share?  Do you want a FIRST
keychain?  SharingFIRST is a social networking site especially for
girls where FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, and
FIRST LEGO League members can all share technical and non-technical
experience with peers as well as with newer and/or younger teams. To
help us complete the grant supporting SharingFIRST, we invite you to
add information to the site.  In late April, we will be contacting you
to help us evaluate the site.

Things you might upload on the site include: lessons on torque, an
explanation of gears, instructions on how to build a robust robot,
advice for recruiting and retaining new team members, how to use a
particular tool, applying to colleges, career information, etc.  We
want YOU to upload documents, presentations, and anything else that
may be of interest to members of the FIRST community.

Because a major goal of the grant is to provide FIRST girls and women
with a place to share their experiences, we ask that you share this
message with the girls and women on your team.  The site is open to
everyone, but we ask you to actively encourage the girls and women on
your team to participate.

You can check out the site at www.sharingfirst.org.  To upload
materials, you will need to request a username and password.  Please
send the following info to ksullivan@usfirst.org:

your name
your preferred username
your chosen password
tell us if you're a student or a coach/mentor
tell us what program you're involved with (FRC, FTC, or FLL).

The first 50 girls and women to upload materials will receive a
limited edition SharingFIRST keychain.  Just be sure to let us know as
soon as you have uploaded your materials (contact
ksullivan@usfirst.org).

Go Teams!