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Originally posted by GregTheGreat
What I would do, is find the each persons potential. With our team, we have set jobs. Some people are better at PR stuff, and other people are better working on the website. Figure out what everyone's talents are, and get them to use them. I would also pull one or two of the older members off to the side, and tell them to run the team, and to be the "captain". I hope you can figure it out.
Good Luck to everyone at the invitationals.
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Psst. They're a rookie team. They don't have "older members" yet.
I've sometimes run into the problem you're describing, Janice. Often, I just worked harder to pick up the extra slack, and while I didn't mind doing that most of the time, there were times when it got trying. I understand that a lot of people are much busier than I am, too.
If the students aren't willingly stepping up to take on the responsibilities of the team, maybe you could consider implementing a system of accountability and responsibility that forces the responsibility upon them - with consequences if they don't take it seriously.
Or, depending on your perspective, offer incentive to the students that
do participate.
You've been around FIRST for awhile, so I know you've seen or heard of examples of these things, if you don't have it implemented already. Sometimes, though, making the students aware that you expect them to be responsible for themselves is enough to get them to stand up and pay attention.
Are the students aware that the team won't exist if they don't step up? Maybe they should be.