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Re: How do you deal with 60+ new members joining the team?

We are in the same boat this year. We really pushed to get more exposure at our 2nd high school last year. The result is a massive influx of new members. Last year we peaked at about 60 and finished the year around 45. This year we are about 80. Really like the thoughts and things that other teams have mentioned in this thread. For our past couple meetings we've done team building games and things to get to know everyone. 2 of our veteran students led these and did an outstanding job.

Starting next week we are having new students go though a series of training seminars. We split the 40-50 newbies into 4 groups that will spend time at different stations (2 mechanical, 1 electrical, and 1 outreach). This will last for the next 4 weeks. Hope is to give everyone some a foundation of the basic things that we do. At each station the group will take part in a project building something so that we are still accomplishing tasks and they get hands on experience.

Meanwhile the veterans not hosting the trainings will be working on a variety of other projects. Space is arguably our biggest obstacle. Our shop can't hold everyone in our shop (off campus location) so we are sending some students to one of our high schools that is nearby. Definitely going to be a challenge
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