[Sperkowsky]

this thread has really sparked my interest as its a real problem my club faces.

We like to think we have 20-30 members but in reality we have 3 people who are always there (including myself) and then a lot of students who come once in a while. So we have like 5-6 random people there everyday but most of them dont know that they are doing and we dont have time mid build season to teach them. the other issue is we get students at random times of the year. we could be on week 4 of build season and someone new walks through the door. As much as we would like to say we are mid build season so you really cant be here. We have to let them in due to our lack of members. My mentor has adopted a quote of "How do you join? you show up. How do you get responsibility? you take it". that sound great but it ends up creating loose members and people who dont know what they are doing.

My ideas right now are
1.create a video series where we teach them everything they need to know to do a specific task.
2.have a hands on challenge (test)related to the specific task they are going for that they have to pass before they can be on the team.
3.have defined sub groups with experienced reliable members leading them.
4.market the club better by driving the robot at freshman orientation (Im expecting a huge influx of loose members but if we market it as a sports team with tryouts they will think of it as more of a commitment.


the last issue I need someone to address is what we would do with veteran members who loosely come. I feel as if when a freshman member comes all the time but sees a junior member coming once a week they will think it is acceptable to come once a week.