I like that you are starting a team- good plan. I also think your business-like plan would work very efficiently and make the team work excellently together, and would prepare the students for real-life experiences.
However- I am not a huge fan of the 'application' process for NEW teams. (If an older team has, say 90 gazillion people from their school who want to join, then weeding out the unproductive people or people who are only joining for their college resume makes sense.)
From your post, it seems like you would be starting a rookie team, at a school that has not had FIRST before. I don't think it would be a good idea to exclude people from a brand new team- let everyone in the school see FIRST. Then, if they want to join it, they can. If not, it's their loss.
I personally don't like the idea of an application for a team- unless, like I said before, it's a veteran team with a lot of interest. In those cases, it's important to weed out those who are there for the wrong reasons-- AFTER they see a FIRST competition. Once they see it, if they're not hooked, they're off. That's what 1923 does.
Good for you for starting a new team- major kudos. I have done it, and it's really hard. If you have any questions about the process, feel free to PM me. I'm only sharing my $0.02 on the idea of applications- and you can feel free to ignore it if you choose. Just bringing some ideas to the table.
Best of luck to you.
Go (insert future team # here)!
