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I am very interested in getting help on this matter. We are a very new rookie team. We had our very first meeting last night. I wasn't sure how many team members we were going to get. With the shortened time period, and not having anything tangible like a previous robot to show, we were facing a challenge of getting the word out. Well, over 60 people showed up. I'm still talleying the team list, but it looks like over 80 have expressed an interest in our FIRST team. We have 38 high school students, 7 university students, 33 industry mentors and parents, and 3 educators. I was hoping to grow the program into this size over the next few years. With it starting out this big, it will present a huge organizational challenge. Did anyone else start big like this? It seems that a business structure would be the best to handle this situation. The family mode sounds good for the working subteams, but coordination of people's schedules and tasks seems to fit better in the business mode.
I'm really very encouraged and thrilled that we have stirred up so much interest. FIRST is definitely filling a need in our community. This is a better problem to have than too few, so I'm definitely not complaining. The most important goal we have this year is to do our best, learn a ton, and have it be the best thing anyone has been involved with. Poor organization can kill this goal by getting people frustrated and not working efficiently and effectively.
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