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Originally Posted by jds200
I actually found that thread near the beginning of my time on CD, and bookmarked it, so it's surely helpful 
You mention that you have <10 committed members. Do you also have what I'll refer to as "transient" student members? IOW, those that show up from time to time and really aren't 100% committed? If so, how do you engage them to make the maximal use of their effort, even though it might be limited, and try to convert them to committed members? |
We do have these. and making them committed members is still something we struggle with. Part of the reason why we made the switch towards a smaller structural model is to try to accomplish drawing in these students. The ideal would be that the students in charge of the smaller group would keep in contact (via Facebook perhaps -- a very effective form of communication for high schoolers) with the students and help convince them to come when they have not been coming to meetings. This has worked on a very small level, but how effective it really is during build season is yet to be seen, as the switch was made near the end of build season when work was slowing down.