[Jessica Boucher]

Organization. Period, end of story.

Why has RiverRage lasted so long? Because the RR Planning Committee works year-round to make sure that everything is in it's place and everyone knows what they're doing. More importantly, they empower eachother to get stuff done, which makes them feel confident in what they're doing, which creates a vitruous circle. Im sure that the other off-seasons that have been around for a while are run the same way.

Choose a core group of people to help you out. Keep communication really open and clear, just like you should at any robot meeting, and you're sure to get things done more efficiently and effectively than you would any other way. And dont forget to empower eachother...give people tasks, congratulate them often, show that their input is important all the time.

It's like aerobic vs. anaerobic activity. A few amount of people doing an activity that's unplanned, just like sprinting, is anaerobic, and can only last for a short amount of time. But A lot of people working together and communicating well to create a planned event is like when you're jogging, an aerobic activity, which allows the runner (or the group) to last longer.