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Originally Posted by av11d
Hey guys!
Our team (75) is looking into creating a business plan of sorts for next year and beyond. Our team has been just sort of chugging along without any real direction each year. We want our team to have a vision.
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Well hey now, this sounds familiar.
We're also in the process of "giving our team CPR" (phrase stolen from Kristi). Here are some things we're looking into:
Primary Goal:
1) Actually having a team. Things aren't looking so good at the moment. Anyone with experience/advice about finding faculty support is welcome to share. =)
Secondary Goals:
1) Website redsign. This really depends on if you need it. (We need it).
2) Pit redesign. We're looking to create tables/cabinets/chests/something or other to hold our tools and supplies that's maybe a little easier to handle than the multitude of boxes we drag around. The upside of something like this is that we'd be able to paint and decorate it according to team colors and logo. (We're also working with idea of making some team posters for our pit).
3) Spirit Team! We need buttons, posters, and people whose sole responsibility is to jump up and down and scream. =)
4) We're looking into some kind of free item/service that we can give out next year. We've gotten strategy boards (195? Maybe?) and free software (564) and are looking to do something similar. (Still in the brainstorming stage here.)
5) Knowledge base and seminars: teaching primarily ourselves about robotics. We're having a similar problem with people moving around...lots of pretty inexperienced people will have lots of responsibility next year. But once we teach ourselves, we're going to turn around and teach underclassmen/new members and hopefully members of our school and/or community, if we can get the idea off the ground.
6) Video team. We're thinking of charging someone with the responsibility of taking video and pictures on a fairly regular basis and making some kind of promotional video and/or posters, brochures, etc. (To reach sponsors, brag about our team

, and for sentimental value).
Like I said, we're in the same process as you are, so this isn't experienced advice. This is just a list of ideas that we're kicking around while working on the same kind of problems that you are (team "image"). Feel free to steal our ideas. We'd just be interested in hearing how they work out, if you can spare the time to drag yourselves away from the success I'm sure will ensue to send me a PM. =)