Lemiant,
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Originally Posted by lemiant
PS sorry for the wall of text.
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That was a good wall of text. Well thought out for a 14 year old indeed. I think you and your friends could make some progress toward making a great team.
You have identified some of the big picture problems and an up close problem. You stated with some clarity a vision of where you want to go. Now you have to decide how to get there.
One of the things you can do is some team building. When a new student comes in the door ask yourself how we can get that person busy doing something that has value, to the person and the team. They don't necessarily have to be a robot builder at this moment to be valuable.
Organize or join events where you can take a group of students out to do something cool. It helps build the team, and helps with community awareness. For example our team is going out to do a lake cleanup followed by a picnic. It is sponsored by a local organization and they feed us. It is a fun day in the sun and might get us some community newspaper coverage if we wear our team shirts and let them know we are there. You can get some good vibes from something like that and then you can move toward your next thing to do.
As you move forward and build your team then you can start attacking the other problem you identified, 'lack of planning'. Start sketching out some plans and see if you can find a mentor or two to be an advisor on your team planning efforts. That will be a good way to get mentors more involved. And you will want to recruit and keep good mentors to help with your planning.
It may be a little boring but a few weeks ago I gave a lecture that is related to this subject. It was intended for mentors but take a stab at it and see if you get anything from it.
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HERE and on the lower right there are 3 videos on team sustainability.