[g_sawchuk]

I feel that it's extremely difficult to have a strong link between the technical and non-technical people of the team, but I feel that our team has always persevered on binding the two as close as possible in order to operate as one.

For one, all major decisions are passed through the entire group (which I assume most teams do). This includes things like shooting mechanisms, intake, and so on. Although everyone is working on different aspects from mechanical, electrical, to chairman's, the one common goal between everyone is the robot, and that's what we all aim to work towards and contribute towards by assisting in different aspects.

Secondly, we try our best to never set extremely strict boundaries job wise, meaning that you are allowed to float between a couple jobs, allowing people to mingle between people in other sectors. However, there are "crunch times" where people will need to focus specifically on their aspect, and technical and non technical interaction can be low at this point.

Overall, in order to be a successful team I feel that it is extremely important to realize the need for an extremely close relationship between those working in the technical and non technical sectors, and understand that by working as one you will be the most efficient and cohesive.