[Allison K]

I've been on both. This year I'm leader of a small team, and I really like it. There are six of us on a regular basis, plus a few floaters. From the adult point of view, small teams sure make paperwork easier. I also like how we operate. Last year i was a student on a large team (About 50 students), but because we were diveded into subgroups (Build, Management, Chairmans, Digital, Spirit, and one other I forgot), it didn't usually feel like such a large team. I was on build, and was pretty good freinds with the others on build, so it almost felt like a small team. This year on that team is a young year. About six seniors graduated last year, so there's a lot of freshman/sophmores. I think they'll be a better team in a few years when they all learn to work with one another.

This is back to that "does your team operate like a family or a business" question.

On 1313, we operate like a family, disfunctional at times.
On 226, the team as a whole operates like a business, but the build group more of a family, or possibly family business or a disfunctional family business (usually late at night)

On 1313, I'd really like to increase the team size. My goal is 15 for next year. But I think 226 is too big this year, or at least the build group is too big. There's not enough for everyone to do.

Allison