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Originally Posted by DubstepLion1
Last year, in order to increase business participation on the team, we tried to do a system of primary and secondary choices for subdivisions. This didn't work as planned because of poor coordination between Engineering and Business. Members only stuck to their primary subdivisions and we couldn't force anyone to do something they didn't wish to.
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We did this exact same thing and had the same issue. We quickly scrapped it, and started assigning people that we saw as an asset to business, while some had dual roles, many that went to business (we had about 4 new recruits, and about 10 business out of 40 students) created very strong business team. While I havent been able to be a part of it, we have gotten this summer alone to get a couple new sponsors and a local company to help us create a website.
Now, to the main question. We convinced the ones who did join by showing them that theres more than just being boring people who just write letters. Show them that they can be a part of video production, Sponsor meetings, Leaders within the community (hosting events, being speakers at events, etc) graphic design, or anything else you guys may do that other groups cant offer. Make it known that robotics isint all building robots, but theres a whole other aspect that makes everything work. The ones who do join will usually last all years that they are there, and will be the most dedicated (at least in our experience, YMMV.)