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, Modeling, Texturing, etc. When joining the team, members are placed in the department that best reflects their interests and future goals. 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 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.) and are responsible for keeping members on task. Although, some may think that the President is a higher rank than VP, or the other positions, Cybersonics maintains equal managerial responsibility and decision-making.
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.
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I hope this helps - contact me with any further questions.