[Mark McLeod]

What the Principal described holds true for the Hauppauge District as well. Each year we cannot meet as a team until our Board of Education votes to approve the club and the advisors. The Board rules the Superintendent, not the other way around. Even if the advisors don't change year-to-year. None of the clubs legally exist until that point (even if everyone knows they will exist, none of them will meet).

That doesn't mean you cannot start laying plans and do all the major footwork required to start off at full speed. For instance, our officers met, made plans beforehand, and had a car wash ready to go right after the Board approved us.
You can design and privately print your recruitment posters, flyers, tri-folds. Create lists of local businesses to approach and divvy the lists up so they're ready to handout. Get your sale pitch together. Talk to your friends and acquaintances to let them know the club is coming (they just can't sign up without the advisors and you can't make a firm promise of the Club until the Board approves). If you know of any people who are interested in technology, consider meeting just a few of them in the evenings to start going over

Roll with the punches and work through these surprise obstacles. The Principal is restricted by District policy and State law and really isn't there to make your life harder. He or she will work with you if you develop a friendly working relationship and help the Administration do it's job too.