Another thing -- We have repaired our robot from our previous year (which turned out be magnificent after replacing a chain). Next week we are exhibiting the robot at our school's science fair. In previous years we have done something similar with our FTC robots and we have borrowed FRC robots from other teams to show and gain interest. However, what we found last year is that much of the interest is fleeting and we don't manage to retain many that showed interest initially.
Suggestions on introducing interested members to the team?
Also: What are some other ways that you use previous year robots for awareness (we were thinking to pseudo-crash a sports-team pep rally by driving the robot through the middle of it >

, with permission of course.)
(I feel as if I am asking too many questions in too short a period of time, but there is so much to learn)