I need help recruiting!

[JIN]

Hi, I'm new to this forum so bare with me. My team is fairly small in student number and I need some idea's for recruiting. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[JIN]

Oh. I just noticed the same question asked in another thread... OOPS!

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by JIN

Oh. I just noticed the same question asked in another thread... OOPS!

Jin, since you started this thread you can delete it. After a certain amount of time, I believe it's 24 hours, you can't delete it yourself and have to contact (pm) a moderator to do so.
Just to let you know to there is a search function in these forums. Next time if you have a question try searching first and you may find your answer or a thread dealing with your issue you could post your question in.

Oh, and one last thing.......welcome! You'll find CD is like one big family.

[Elgin Clock]

OMG, Is that a GO-BOT?

:sigh:

[JIN]

Go-bot? Heck no! It's a Transformer! Porsche 935! Yay! Thanks for the welcome.

[Elgin Clock]

Transformer.. Good!! I was going to have to shake you violently and/or smack you if it was a Go-Bot!! lol

[JIN]

LOL, obviously you haven't seen either show. Yes, TFs FOREVER!!!!!

[pryoplasm]

tell kids you can go on good field trips and do fun stuff with power tools. works for when i try t recruit people...

[c-squared_2006]

Goodie, maybe we'll start getting some people finally...

[RoteAugen]

my one answer to this problem is simply this:

showcase showcase showcase.

at a school event or other, show everyone what you can do!

Our team has gotten most of it's members through showcasing our robot and asking support of high school students right then and there.

[Lil' Lavery]

Show the robot wherever you can. Our team show it off during lunch at the beginning of each year, in our school foyer, at the town festival...
It works, trust me. And not only do yo get students, you get parents and engineers. Over our teams 9 year history we learned how important outreach and inreach are in having a succesful team. Im not saying our team is successful, well not on the competition field all that often, but just having a robot is a success in itself. And we have some of the most influential alumni(part of dave's speech at VCU was about team 116 alumni and some of the things they have done). heeheehee, we are the self-proclaimed winless superpower. anyway, reach into your school and community to raise interest in your team, not only for getting more people involved, but it helps chairmans.

[JIN]

Originally Posted by c-squared_2006

Goodie, maybe we'll start getting some people finally...

Ching Ching you found me! Hi, how you doing?

[c-squared_2006]

Well, I'm having a ummmmmmmm... you could say an interesting day. Go read your pm from the team forum you'll get the idea, these ideas are not bad actually. I don't really feel great towards the team. Just need to breath deeply.