[kstl99]

You beat me to it. I hope there are lots of responses.

It seems to me there are two main reasons for teams to stop, money and lack of interest. I have read lots of good ideas on fundraising on CD, less on the interest side. In my one year of experience it seems that most students that get involved want to stay involved. If this is not true on a team, is it a leadership issue?

It seems a lot harder attracting new students, and maybe mentors. It is hard to get people to take the first step. I talk about FIRST way too much and have many people tell me how good a program it is and really appear excited, then never show up to events or follow through with their kids.

Maybe FIRST needs to spend some money on advertising. Most of the people I mention it to have not heard about it or don't know much about it. They certainly have no clue when the events are.

Sorry if this is a bit of a ramble, but it disturbs me to think of students being exposed to FIRST only to have their team fold.