Since our team got "re-vitalized" last year we had this problem. We still have this problem. Back when I was at another school in Freshman/Sophmore year, I was a little bit a part of the problem.
1389 has 25 members, 15 of which show up mostly regularly. 20 pay the "membership donation." Our school day ends at 2:10. By 4 half of those 15 members have left. By 7, which is when we've been ending this week, 5 remain.
We're very relaxed about it. If there's only 5 of us, then we work that much harder. No time requirements; people have many things they're involved with here.
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1. Each kid finds a group they want to be a part of (arm, claw, programming, PR, image, ect.) and sticks to it.
2. Each group has a specified leader and it is known by all groups who their leader is.
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As a leader with only one year of experience (not including right now)...and as I've said, being part of the problem myself, I've found that this is extremely accurate and helpful.
Also...Delegate, delegate, delegate. Once the groups are up, have the people in charge of the groups delegating tasks to group members.
Unfortunately, you have to be a project manager before an engineer as the leader. You know you're doing your job right if everything is getting done effectively and you're the only one with nothing to do. It's a bit less fun than playing with power tools, but it's your job as the leader.