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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday
If a board was instated on team 639, there would probably be rioting, because people value their right to vote so much, and it really ads to the feeling of it being everyones robot. Do you have something similar on your team, or is it more like 1126's, where this has always been the status quo?
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With no disrespect intended to you guys, we find that involving the entire team in everything is time consuming and sometimes ineffective, I am amazed that you guys can work it out with 60+ students. Instead, we have sub-teams or committes formed that do most of the discussion and then present to the team. These subteams and committes (non-build season ones) are usually formed by students and our student leadership team.
For example: This year, we are trying to increase our number of fundraisers. The entire team is welcome to suggest ideas, and then a small group of people who have volunteered will discuss the list and determine which ones we think will be the best for our team. Then, we take the ideas, present them back to the team and get students involved in organizing and participating in the fundraiser. We feel that this method is more effective but still incorporates the input of the whole team.
A similar situation is used post-kickoff in selecting strategy. The whole team discusses on the first day, then the strategy team (mentioned in prior comment) goes through ideas and such to come up with what we think is best. This idea then goes the whole team and we figure out what needs to happen afterwards.
In essence: try to get everyone involved, but remember that smaller groups can be valuble. Just try not to make the small groups seem "exclusive"