Our team is restructuring from last year, so we are still working on the organizational aspects. With 2 HS and a University the inter-team dynamics are being tweaked...
We are also doing a Fall seminar series in which we teach the new members (and remind the veterans) of a lot of the practical skills they will need when we get to the real season.
We have a mock-FIRSTlike game we are desiging a robot for. We first started this competition as a 2-day lego comp, which then turned into a full size game. This competition is a good way for veterans to brush up on their skills, leaders to grow into their new positions (since we're a college team engineers/leaders are constantly in flux), and it gives newbies a chance to learn what the competiton is all about, while deciding what they are interested in doing. It also provides a good method for team building.
Some of us have also begun developing basic ideas for next semester, when it actually matters...
We're fixing up the old bots too...
All in all we're pretty busy for October...
~JVN
Team Leader
Clarkson University
FIRST Robotics - Team 229
(maybe I'll see some of you at bash later this month)