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For us it was changing the mentality from a "club" to a "competition team". We are a student led team. The students set attendance requirements in order to attend regionals paid for by the booster club. If you don't meet the requirements to go, then you must pay your own way and sit in the stands for the entire event. Those hours count penalty free against the total requirement for attending future events.

We had our team number drop by about 70% when we instituted this policy. On the other hand, the kids who stayed really stayed. During build season we meet 7 days a week. We are also building from the bottom up taking the long view by doing a ton of outreach to the lower grades and levels through FLL, FTC, and weekend lego camps.

To be honest I would much rather have 10 super dedicated members than 20 who come and go as they please. :-(

Sorry to hear about another team where some of the kids just don't "get it". Best of luck to you.

Che