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Re: Team Size

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Originally Posted by jweston View Post
It's about balance. You need to have a balance of students, mentors (technical and non-technical), facilities, funding, and planning. Things start to go haywire when a team is out of balance. Usually this means a team has too many students or too little of any of the other things.
I agree. I think as long as the ratio between students and mentors is kept in check, a team can grow large without seeing many problems. Mentors that can keep students on task is a big help to make a season run well.
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