Re: What to say at a new member meeting?
 

wow, 3200 students:eek:
Also, include information on places that you travel, alumni info., maybe even invite some old team members if you can. Preferably someone who can explain the FIRST impact on their lives and also someone who got a FIRST scholarship in the past would be great.

Re: What to say at a new member meeting?
 

we are a second year team who had no seniors last year...

Re: What to say at a new member meeting?
 

One thing my team likes to do is show them the dlavery animation from last year. This gives them a hint of what is to come. Also, don't be afraid to give them a little work. For instance, we are getting members by having them draft, machine, and wire similar things that we did last year. Or maybe a VEX game. Just get them interested.

Re: What to say at a new member meeting?
 

along with doing name/nicknames/ how you heard of the team (usually through a friend on the team), we also do;
-favorite tool
-favorite video game

then we explain the different subteams, explain that preseason is for deciding which subteam you want to be on by floating around and learning the basics,

Re: What to say at a new member meeting?
 

-welcome everyone
-We introduced all the officers
-Normally my team shows a video that we made(this year's was compiled from 2007's webcasts ) so the students kind of know what we make.
-Talk about what to do exactly and FIRST and the schedule around the year (for example training sessions after school. programming Monday after school, mech on Fridays, animation on sat, grants on Sundays etc.) Then about the building season and the competition season (organizing out of state regionals) as well as PR things like grants and community outreach. Covering all bases since there is really something for everyone in robotics.

we also made brochures that have our team info , alumni college list, what we do etc. with registration sheets attached (so their parents can also see it)
(this was all beginning of august)
then we had parent meetings beginning of October to talk to parents about some of the commitments and asking for their help and support. (we had power point presentation + packets, us presidents talked for a really long time >.<)

for advertising around the school, put something into the school announcements, try getting a link on maybe the school front page, and iono about your school,but we are allowed to put posters on the walls of the school with the Assistant Principal's signature.

Re: What to say at a new member meeting?
 

where could I find this animation? is it the same one that was shown at kickoff?

thanks, vivek