First of all, don't worry your team certainly isn't "in ruins" just in a tough situation that
many teams will have to go through. Every team is going to lose a "batch" that seemed to be the ones that always knew what was going on, and its yours and the other active member's job to build the team as veterans. I could write a lengthy post to answer your questions, but instead I'm going to link you to valid discussions for each of them because the ChiefDelphi community can pretty much answer every robotics related question ever.
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-What would be the best method of teaching everything the newcomers will need to know before build season(ex: how often do you think we should meet to get a good handle of things before season starts?)
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Training upcoming members
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-Do you think java would be a good language to use, especially when teaching people who most likely have no experience with programming or should I go with Labview.
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Can't touch on that personally, but this thread is helpful regarding Java
Java Programming
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-How would I go about finding mentors?
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RoboMom had some great advice in
this thread including:
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Nothing "sells" the program better than bringing a robot and some team members to speak.
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Here's another thread similar to yours that got some great feedback:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=38202
I hope that helps your advice search a bit. If you have specific questions you want me to answer let me know.