[Gray Adams]

Sorry to keep this short, but in a team of 55 people, the biggest challenge is keeping people busy and feeling useful. People stop showing up when they there no there is nothing to do. There is ALWAYS something to do, its just a matter of keeping your team leadership on top of assigning work. Nobody wants to come to shop hours if they do nothing and leave. Similarly, people may get bored of not doing direct robot work. Keep people involved and make sure they know their work is important. You need a cart, a crate, a pit design, t shirts,: sponsor logos, a website...make sure everyone knows a team with a great robot and nothing else doesn't look amazing. You need those things, and people need to be busy.

I would comment on shop tools and design teams, but phones aren't well suited to that much typing.