[The Lucas]

We meet 4 times a week, 5-8 on Monday Wednesday and Thursday, and 1-5 on Sunday. We talk as a team at the beginning of each meeting before we start working. Of course, more time or meetings are added as needed (We don't leave the building during CrunchTime, the last week, lol). Also we meet once a week for a couple months before Kickoff. During this time, we have MOE University (training for rookies), prep for invitational, and special projects (like building a portable Pit).
We have a big meeting to watch the kickoff, and we start brainstorming strategy immediately after we see the game. During the first week, we decide on a strategy (control all 3 goals) and what components our robot needs to execute the strategy. We break into Subteams lead by an engineer (the lead engineer of the Electrical Subteam appointed me leader before he left) to design and build each component. This year, the subteams that worked on the robot were: Drive, Chassis, Electrical (Wiring & Programming), Wings, Anchors, Grippers, & Pushers. Non robot teams were: Chairman's Award, Animation, Website, MOE Boosters, Playing Field/Crate construction.
The entire team goes to Regionals. Everyone who pays their travel dues and writes a Sponsor Thank You letter gets to go to Nationals. The Competition Team (drivers/hp) has sign ups for the positions, & the people who sign up compete for the positions. Drivers are usually veterans, & have experience driving in a competition (Invitationals are great for training drivers). Human players have a shoot out. Pit Crew members are selected by the leaders of each subteam.