[Madison]

488 is in a unique situation and so we run things a bit differently than most teams out there. We transport ~90% of our team members to and from meetings since, in some cases, it's a 30 mile trip and we live in an urban area and most of the students don't have cars.

Student meetings are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm during the week and from 9:00 am until about 5:00 pm on weekends. Mentors usually meet on the remaining days -- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday -- to organize and prepare for the following day's meeting. Because our enrollment is large -- anywhere between 40 and 60 students in a given year -- and because we're providing transportation to most of them, we "invite" students to meetings based on need, though everyone may attend on Saturdays. That means that some students might be meeting three or more times a week, while others come only on Saturday.

For teams that meet at a school, this sort of system probably isn't necessary, but because we have students coming to us from all over the city and because we're meeting at our sponsor out in the 'burbs, we have to run things a little bit differently than your average team.