[fred]

Just one thing. If someone is an animator/film guy/whatever, as long as they are contributing to the team, they should go on all of the trips. I was talking to this one team and I said something like, "It's good that we can bring a lot of people on the team to competition, not just the guys who work on the robot." The response I got was basically "Why would you want to bring the guys that don't work on the robot." I think that everyone who does quality work for the team should be allowed to go to as many competitions as possible.

PS: A 1:1 ratio does seem sort of high, but that's just me.