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Originally Posted by unapiedra
How ever our team has a problem (at least I would say so) with getting new dedicated members. We have the most of the original core leaving school, so there aren't many leaders left.
What do you do about that?
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Get the younger kids involved. Since we have a 6-12 robotics program, and do a lot of outreach, we don't have many problems with this. Subgroups, and making sure that one core member takes a few younger people under his/her wing... :shrugs:
Our hardware/electrical team members worship us, the programmers.
It's usually a hardware problem anyways.. or rather, time runs out and it doesn't come to programming yet.
The team usually starts out with 40-50 people at the beginning of the school year, and thins out around building season. There's a core team of about 15-20 people. We keep track of hours, community service, fundraising, and participation for travelling- which is a good incentive. Mandatory meetings and events are also a good way to have a team to act like a team. Since our team is mostly student-run, we've all become really good friends. Team socials and other types of events are really cool too.