[Petey]

We have a much more frightening problem--

We began two years ago, so our seniors now were sophomores then. For two years, people from my class have been the driving force of the team. They've designed, programmed, and planned strategy for the robot. We've had a kid from the year below or above our class do some good stuff from time to time, but mainly we're all class-of-2005 driven.

Unfortunately, our team is, for all intents and purposes, graduating this year. I look around the room now, and I see 7 non-seniors out of perhaps 25 students. Out of that total, only about three are actually doing worthwhile things--the rest are checking email, etc.

We're facing the distinct possibility that our team may die after this year. This would be bad, because we've been quite successful in our first two years. I'm worried.

Has anyone else faced these problems? If so, how have you fixed them? How have you recruited new people, reliably and well?

--Petey