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Re: Admissions Process for becoming a team member??
Posted by Wayne Cokeley at 04/25/2001 8:56 PM EST
Coach on team #25, Raider Robotix, from North Brunswick Twp. H.S. and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
In Reply to: Admissions Process for becoming a team member??
Posted by Angela on 04/24/2001 7:34 PM EST:
: For next year our team came up with an original idea: make it so that you have to fill out an application form and "try-out" to be on our team. Yes, it sounds cruel, but it really isn't. Everyone will make it. We're simply doing it to see which new members will be helpful right off the bat in terms of programing or animations knowledge and those who will be most committed. What do you all think of this idea? Just a quick yes or no is ok, but I know I'll get more than that. Thanks for the input!
Our team has never really had an admissions policy until this year. Because our sponsor granted us in a matching-grant type of arrangement it left each student with the job of fundraising to fund their trip to the Nationals. We started with 95 students last September. When the work and fundraisers started the group rapidly diminished to 40. Five fundraisers later we were down to 24 and the kickoff was upon us. Each student had a personal fundraising account and was given numerous opportunities to contribute to it by working for the team. They kind of weeded out themselves.
Usually it is my job to make the recommendations of who does what based on their interests and evidence of their responsibility. I find that observation of the students and allowing them to prove themselves seems to be the best way to make the final cuts.
I am looking for responsible team players which support the group and always do their best. We can fix the rest along the way. (That line is for my kids reading this and thinking of next year...)
WC- who is busy these days with a bunch of Rogue animators
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