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Originally Posted by Akuu
Our biggest problem has nothing to do with the robot but rather with the parents. You see over the summer some of the parents decided that they wanted to be more involved with our robotics team. This is perfectly understandable and we even welcomed this change. We ended up creating a beast, so to speak. They decided that it would be good to collect dues from the students at a cost of $40 a piece. They also decided that these due would be "optional." Now eight months later their new definition of optional means required. Now our Vice President doesn't have $40 just lying around readily available to pay his dues (which are now $50 because they are late). The worst part is that they actually told him that he could not be on the team any longer. Lucky for us he refuses to leave. This is just a small taste of what our parents are trying to pull.
If anyone has any ideas on how to handle this kind of thing, because most of our team is fed up with it, PLEASE let me know.
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Well, since that was posted we've been discussing some options within our team, and found that it was a product of miscommunication on all sides. The biggest lesson to be learned from this, and one that I think all teams need to be aware of, is that communication is key. Not just student to student, or student to mentor, but all around, including parents. Our booster club has done a great deal to help us, and to help take some of the monetary load off of our sponsors, as well as to take administrative tasks dealing with such things as travel away from our engineering mentors so that they can concentrate on what they came to do in the first place: to mentor us. Hopefully we, and others, can learn from our mistake, and keep in touch with everyone on their team!
Steve
Team 862 President