[Karibou]

Originally Posted by HarveyAce

i think that one problem is that the head mentor believes that EVERYONE should have a vote on what goes on the robot, which seriously injures the time to make descisions, and he wants to test like every single idea that we get, but we don't have that kind of time. our chassis isn't even assembled for cryin out loud . i think that we need to have everyone contribute to brainstorming, yes, but leave it up to the group leaders to make the final say in what is implemented, because we can see the big picture where everyone else isn't putting in the effort.

That's got a lot of truth to it. Apparently a few years before I joined my team, EVERYTHING was voted on, from how many pins to buy to what kind of robot to build. Alumni tell me that it was terrible, and that we're so much more organized now. What we do now is pretty much exactly what you described. Have you told your mentor your view on this?

I can see where he's coming from in the sense that kids like to feel that they should have a say in the robot decisions, but reality says otherwise: factory workers don't get to decide what the new Chevy Volt looks like, even though they're the ones making the car.