As the coach of a new team in the 3rd week of the FLL challenge and still without their FSK or their robot, I think the first thing that I'd tell another new coach is to REGISTER AND ORDER EARLY. Especially before school starts. If you're setting up your team to be affiliated with a 501c3, just plan on doubling that time and then check your order status every day after it's completed. You have to email the document for the 501c3 to Lego and then someone has to go into the ordering system and the email system and link the two. I learned this lesson the hard way after 3 wasted weeks and an hour or so on hold on two separate phone calls to Lego.
This year Lego decided to move their Education HQ from Pittsburgh, KS to Boston and it doesn't seem like things are ironed out just yet. Having all of the schools and FLL teams ordering at roughly the same time shouldn't be a problem for the Kristiansens and I hope that they'll smooth the process a bit.
Some members of the team are headed to a workshop put on by Ms. Kidwell of the Learning Math & Science Club this weekend. Her work is well organized and presented and we look forward to it being helpful.
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