[Brian J. R.]

1983's leadership really runs on the positions you are in, for example, this list will run in order from leaders to minions:

1st Coach
2nd President
3rd Pit Chief/Scout Master/Electricians (we view electricians as some what of gods, seeing as how there are currently 2 of the)
4th The people above's second in-commands
5th Minions

Driver and Operator are not ranked, because they are out most of the time and do not make contact with many people but the Pit Crew. Apart from this, Drivers and Operators are ranked a little below Pit Chief but above Scout Master. This is because the Drive Team usually came from the Pit Crew (Dave and I both worked on the bot before we became the drive team) thus they know what they are doing when it comes to the robot and how to repair what is broken.

We follow the rankings quite to the point, if you are above someone in rank, they will follow what you say. Not to say they we are like the army, simply that if the Pit Chief tells you to get out of the pit, you had better listen because he or she probably knows what he or she is doing.

The people who are in higher ranks also are pretty much in full command of what they are doing. Take the Pit Chief for example, he/she will make the rules, regulations, and final judgments about what goes on in the pits, who is in the pits, and any other ruling he sees fit. A rule that was set in place this year was that "there are 4 people on pit crew and only the pit crew and drive team are allowed in the pit ever, so if you are down here and are not on either of those teams, leave now or so help you."

Now, the Scout Master was in full command of that division as well, if you are not on Drive Team or Pit Crew, you where a scout (unless you where the Runner or Mascot, but those simply count as minion) and the Scout Master was the guy you reported everything to, then he reported to the Coach.

We are composed of 3 main teams during the Main season (Pit Crew, Drive Team, and Scouting) and 1 large team during Build Season (this year we had 18, we needed everybody.) Within the team we have smaller divisions such as Graphics (2 people, myself and Tedrick, who taught me what I know) Website (Graphics team and a few parents) and Build Team. Because we are so small, we have many people wearing different hats when they need to be worn. So the Graphics team is also the build team for the drive train.

Please pardon my long winded explanations, but that is our leadership setup.

Brian Richards