Currently on the team there is about 33 students, 2 advisors, various mentors, and
all of the parents. Our team is structured like a corporation, allowing for maximum organization within the team. When you view the structure of a corporation you think of CEO's, Officers, Departments, and more, which is exactly what we decided to use.
We have the CEO's of the corporation being the two advisors, followed by the three departments which include Animation, Manufacturing, and PR/Marketing. Under those specific areas are the main jobs of the department. For example, below Manufacturing there is the Construction, Programming, and Design of the Robot. Under PR/Marketing (Communications) we have Public Relations, Marketing, Sponsorship, Fundraising, Website, Chairman's Award, and the Newsletter. Seeded off of Animation is Sound, Animation, and Video. Members are placed, when joining the team in the department that best reflects their interests. Each of these departments has a student representative -- which may be one of the team officer's - President (Chairman), Vice President (Co-Chairman), Secretary, and Treasurer.
The Officers function as team leaders and are elected by the team through a basic voting process (nomination/paper ballet). The officers are given tasks based off of there role (ex. Treasurer handles financial data, Does Business Plan,etc.).
However, what differs us from other teams is that the departments are 100% student run - advisors/mentors/parents
assist but
do not complete any given project. We also require total student participation.
View our Team Structure
Here
I hope this helps - contact me with any future questions.
-Corey
corey103@gmail.com