Each community is different, but our first meeting follows a similar plan, and the rookie retention has been incredible.
Our welcome meeting consists of :
-Introductions of the captains, key mentors, and the sub-team leaders
-FIRST videos (the "Your FIRST..." video and the previous season's game animation)
-A brief message about FIRST and GP
-Team values and a short team history (I'm sure most teams don't go over their history at their first meeting, but it's a huge part of our team image, with is very important to us)
-An explanation of how the team is broken down into groups, and then the leaders from each group give a 30-second explanation of what their group does
-Team commitment during pre-, build, and post- seasons
-An explanation of expenses for each team member, since we "invite"/require parents to come this meeting as well
-Benefits of being on the team
Then we get names and emails, and break to go to the shop for demos and tours, led by veteran students.
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Originally Posted by penguinfrk
-People are bored during the presentation. Nobody is there to learn about how our team is organized.
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Make a powerpoint. A good powerpoint. With brief statements and pictures. It makes a HUGE difference. Not a lot of people joined the team my sophomore year, and I don't blame them - the presentation wasn't great. Too many pictures, and when there were words, there were paragraphs. Fall 2009 started our problem of "there are way too many rookies, what are we going to do with all of them!?" If you're interested in seeing that powerpoint, PM me your email and I'd be glad to send it along.