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Originally Posted by ChrisMcK2186
Hey all,
My team right now is trying to get all the kinks hammered out with our leadership setup and rules. We are a rookie team that found out we are a team in December, so we didn't have time to get a very structered rules set.
My question is this, do the teams out there have a written down set of rules or is it more implied guidlines? If you do have rules, what is the discipline for those who break them? If you do not have rules, how do you maintian order?
Thanks for your help with this,
Chris
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We have a handbook that our steering committee developed. This consists of behavioral rules, along with other rules, such as required participation.
We use the same system that FIRST has implemented this year (slightly modified). A student can receive a Yellow Card for bad behavior (can be received by any adult mentor, even if the student is not in their group.) The student must wear this Yellow Card (It clips on to their shirt) every time they come to robotics for the rest of the build season. They are allowed 2 Yellow Cards. After that, the third Yellow Card turns into a Red Card, which means suspension/removal from the team, depending on circumstances.
The handbook also outlines participation requirements, such as # Build Season Hours, # of Dollars, # of Community Service Hours, # of Group Fundraising Hours, # of Entries into Patron Book, etc. Check out Penfield Rolling Thunder's website; This is what we modeled our team after. They have all of their material available online (I think...)
If you have more questions as to how our team operations, feel free to ask.
Jacob