My team is in the preliminary stages of setting up various groups, which makes life somewhat difficult at times. People need to find the person in charge at times only to find out that there really isn't one. Feelings can get hurt too, so its a really sticky situation at times. Designs no longer become the team's design 1 and 2, but rather "Bob's design" or "Joe's design" (not the real names, of course). Last year this division between the teams made our design phase run WAY longer than it should have been, and cost us a few features on our bot. This year though I think things are going to be much firmer as for people's roles and positions on the team.
~Tom~, who had fun inspite of it all
P.S. Couldn't agree more with the comment of democracy not working. Way too much red tape for 6 weeks worth of building. Not to mention that means that the free-loaders, or florida club memebers as others have called them, have equal say.