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we're usually open to just about anyone willing to join. we're not exactly popular among the student body (it's hard to entice an all girl populus). oh! they know we're there and they commend us for our efforts, the interest is sort of lacking. so, just about anyone willing to get their hands dirty or help out is accepted with open arms.

from there, the team just natually starts to thin out. we started with about 20 interested girls last year, that shrank down to 15. this year we had about 30 more people sign up, plus the 10 or so veterans. the team size shrank considerably to about 25 i'd say. the roster isn't finalized yet. we're still looking for more recruits though. we need a stronger underclassman base because the seniors on the team are the majority. there needs to be a good established team for next year.

now, deciding on who actually gets to stay is kinda debatable. since last year, we (the current officers) had a very big problem with all the people who didn't pull their weight around. we didn't want to have something like that happen again, so we decided to write up a constitution. said constitution isn't done yet and i think it's taking too long. the season is almost here, and i'm thinking of just putting that off for next year's team, observe this year and learn from that.

we are trying to establish basic rules. we have a new moderator this year, and she runs things a bit differently from how our old moderator ran things. i think we're going for a "check in/check out" system. i suppose, if a person doesn't put in enough hours come competition, they're not going, but even that isn't finalized. grades are going to be another thing for membership. we have finals three weeks into building (argh! too many tests). so, it's best to find out who isn't doing too well and have them leave, because we don't want to have the team interfearing with grades and such. school is far more important.

other than membership, priviages are, more or less, granted based on abilities. we chose the best drivers we have. last year there was only one senior on the team, so driving was open to the rest of the team, but decided on by the adults. this year, we have more seniors, and i'm thinking of havinging it only open to them, but it depends on who wants to drive. pit crew will be picked based on abilities. anything else just kind of taken as it comes.

our "student policy" isn't much at the moment. we're still working on it, but i'm open to any suggestions on how to improve it.
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