[EricH]

I'm going to go hypothetical for a minute. If I was a team leader, this is what I would have, either on the application or in a team handbook that everyone had to read before joining (and trust me, there would be a team handbook!). Turning away students would only happen if there was a severe need to do so (and in such a case, I would try to point them to another FRC/FTC/VRC team in the area).

1) Contact information/Emergency contact information. So I can get in touch with you, or call for your parents, should I need to.
2) What other activities you're in. (Who do I need to coordinate with on whether you should show up at robotics or take an excused absense?)
3) What part(s) of the team are you interested in?
4) Do you agree to the team rules laid out in the team handbook?

And the team handbook would include the following:

• Grade policy. Basically, if you're failing classes, you're going to be spending team meetings studying.
• Conduct policy. (curfews, expellable behavior, dress code at competitions)
• Attendance policy. In essence, attend a certain percentage of meetings, or have a valid excuse to not be at said meetings (other activity, medical/family emergency, major project in school)
• Travel requirements--take everyone, assuming that they aren't under grade/attendance/conduct restrictions, and if there's a major conduct violation, the offender gets sent home early.

Again, this is what I'd put in an application/handbook. Fees and scholarships and the like would ideally be dealt with by fundraising participation (set out in the handbook).



For the OP: the only things that I saw in that summary that I would object to were the strict attendance/commitment (can't leave early/can't have another activity) and the fee to join. If the attendance/commitment were on a case-by-case basis--that is, you can leave early if you have a good reason, and we have an issue with this activity you're in--I wouldn't have a problem with it. (If it's school policy that students can only be in one activity at a time... well, I don't think that school would be too popular with parents.) The fee to join I can see in some cases; it would depend on the fee. But by stating it as stated, it does seem a bit inflexible.