Go to Post .. just don't try to sell/trade your freshmen or something silly like that. :) - Brandon Martus [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > FIRST > General Forum
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #3   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 18-05-2003, 13:02
Madison's Avatar
Madison Madison is offline
Dancing through life...
FRC #0488 (Xbot)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1999
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 5,246
Madison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond reputeMadison has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Re: Help...team in trouble

Quote:
Originally posted by GregTheGreat
What I would do, is find the each persons potential. With our team, we have set jobs. Some people are better at PR stuff, and other people are better working on the website. Figure out what everyone's talents are, and get them to use them. I would also pull one or two of the older members off to the side, and tell them to run the team, and to be the "captain". I hope you can figure it out.

Good Luck to everyone at the invitationals.
Psst. They're a rookie team. They don't have "older members" yet.

I've sometimes run into the problem you're describing, Janice. Often, I just worked harder to pick up the extra slack, and while I didn't mind doing that most of the time, there were times when it got trying. I understand that a lot of people are much busier than I am, too.

If the students aren't willingly stepping up to take on the responsibilities of the team, maybe you could consider implementing a system of accountability and responsibility that forces the responsibility upon them - with consequences if they don't take it seriously.

Or, depending on your perspective, offer incentive to the students that do participate.

You've been around FIRST for awhile, so I know you've seen or heard of examples of these things, if you don't have it implemented already. Sometimes, though, making the students aware that you expect them to be responsible for themselves is enough to get them to stand up and pay attention.

Are the students aware that the team won't exist if they don't step up? Maybe they should be.
__________________
--Madison--

...down at the Ozdust!

Like a grand and miraculous spaceship, our planet has sailed through the universe of time. And for a brief moment, we have been among its many passengers.
Reply With Quote
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
The Death of FIRST Anton Abaya General Forum 23 03-05-2006 17:18
Loss of Gracious Professionalism Among First Teams Melissa Nute General Forum 82 31-03-2003 19:34
The 2003 Index of team's post about their robot... Ken Leung Robot Showcase 4 28-02-2003 00:18
More 'Best' Robots (a well thought list) archiver 2000 2 23-06-2002 23:11
Disqualifications archiver 1999 13 23-06-2002 21:53


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 15:39.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi