[Blue_Mist]

In a way, we're having the same problem. Not to the extent that you guys seem to have, but the same general issue. Our mentors decided a while ago that the robot would be professionally welded, and when we had a debate, one of the mentors called for a vote. The first option was send the part of the robot they wanted. The second option was supposed to be debate some more, but we never got there. Tomorrow is another build session, and we're planning to talk to the mentors together.

I suggest talking to the students first, as to present a united front. We have maybe ten to fifteen students who are deeply involved and three mentors. It might be easier to collect all the students together and discuss this without the mentors if there is a smaller number of people on the team. In my experience, the larger the group, the fewer opportunities to gather people's busy schedules together and talk about important subjects. After lunch might be a good time when people aren't waiting for the debate to end so they can have lunch, and people are generally more easy-going when they're fed.