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Originally Posted by dmoody92
This maybe an irrational fear, but I am a bit nervous that this competition to get their idea in motion will cost us time. How do most teams settle on an idea? Is there a vote? Is usually unanimous? It will probably work itself out but I think it's something worth noting.
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So different for every team. Last year was our team's second year. We had half a team of rookies and half a team of veterans. The rookies and veterans were pretty much split and had opposing ideas on what to do. The split was even and, with the people present, nothing was going to be fair. So we made our final robot to be a combination of both ideas. We were going to try to get an elevator, but if we couldn't get it by the end of the 6 weeks, we would just be a fast robot that can bring the ball around and spit it over the line to make a few extra points. That decision came with a lot of gritting our teeth and not happy people. But with GP, it happened. We ended up having a great robot and we all laugh about our frustrations still to this day. However, by the end of our first meeting, we had our design finished and ready to build.
On the other hand, this year, at our design and strategy meeting, there was no gritting of the teeth and everyone fully supported all ideas and we improved upon them. In addition, we don't have our "Final" design set up yet.
Both ways work. If you are gritting teeth right now, it happens. Stay calm, and don't ruin friendships. We didn't and we turned out to have a great team! I miss the team so much; however, I'm excited for the new group of girls we have this year.
If you have more questions about that, feel free to let me know. I'm one of the PR mentors for The Robettes and deal with management and help teach our girls the best way to handle situations and be good team members. Goodluck. You guys will do great!
~Morgann Haake