[Jay O'Donnell]

I can answer questions 2 and 5 at least...
For having a better robot and build season in general, the best thing to do is spend more time going over game analysis and design, so that build goes a lot smoother. The biggest thing to remember is build within your resources and don't try to do everything if you know you won't be able to. As for recruiting new members, we send flyers around the school to get interest going, but the more important part is keeping the new students invested during their first few meetings. We participate in a local VEX competition run by WPI and have two teams of freshman with the upperclassmen acting as mentors. Hope that helps!