[Joe J.]

Originally Posted by tribotec_ca88

Hey everybody...I wanted to start a thread discussing team "issues"...for example, what is your team having to deal with @ the moment (not just technical problems but social, emotional) It´s just that I wonder how many other teams go through what we go through...

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Well our team´s not having major technical difficulties...everybody does his/her part well...
This is the scenario: We´re from Brazil. We have 26 students. We only have enough $$$ to send about 6 to 8 people.
**So....everybody wants to go (travel to the States: it´s every kid´s dream!) but there´s not enough for all...people are becoming depressed, and I can say that they have every reason to. I mean, the guy´s working 24/7 during his summer vacation (yes, it´s summer here!) and doesn´t get to experience the best part of the competition? He has every reason to be angry and upset...
Today we´re having a meeting to decide who´s gonna go...I would love to be able to go to new jersey and all but if i were chosen i would feel bad for the guys that are staying...im so confused. Unfortunately we havent been able to get any sponsors so far but lets keep praying huh

Well that´s our team´s major problem at the moment...but learning to solve them is part of the game and the challenge!!!
Hope your problems arent worse than ours!

Feel free to

Here's something you could try next year. The way our team works out who can go to Nationals is everybody gets a "hours" card and it is there respsonsiblity to keep track of it and have one of our mentors sign off that they were there for X number of hours. We set the mimumum to go to Nationals at 35 hours can go to Nationals but we also have it so if space becomes an issue the team members with the most hours can go. It seems to work for our team. It also gives our team members that little extra incentive.
I know this won't help you this year but maybe it might next year.

GOOD LUCK
Joe