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Originally Posted by EricWilliams
This, in my opinion, will get you more miles than any of the other many strategic initiatives you'll need to execute on taking on the forming of a new team. It will pay off in spades, however you choose to do it: encourage a non-engineering mentor group, personally invite parents to meetings every chance you get - especially that all important first meeting and every one after that, create a parents only mailing group, ensure there is parental representation in all major decisions, etc. Logistics, organizational sustainability (financial and in terms of student retention), excitement/enthusiasm in the stands - these are just a few of the myriad of challenges that are best solved utilizing an engaged parental support base.
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Some parents might say that they "are not engineers" or "are not technical". You can point out that one does not have to be technical or engineers to help with things such as helping to feed the team members, making travel arrangements and fundraising.