Poor Dean's Homework 2013 Turnout

[ebarker]

I'm not making excuses but since the OP asked a question.....

The reason we didn't is simply because we are out of bandwidth. We meet about 4 days a week from CMP through Kickoff and our current projects are burying us. We have another 3 minute video project that is going to take 3 months to do, minimum, and we are 6 weeks behind. This project has a higher project status than the homework so that's how that happened.

For the general question about all teams, there are already lot of comments, but I'll add the Parato principal, or the 80/20 rule. It is unfortunate but probably 80 % of the teams in the world don't meet that often right now if at all and are probably not motivated enough or capable enough to do the video. Maybe they excel in some area. Maybe they are in the top 10 % of robot building, or top 10 % of something else.

This whole Parato thing frustrates everyone everywhere in what are know as socially unconstrainted situations, like any volunteer organization.. Trying to get the 80% of the crowd to do as well as the upper 20 % is tough. It's just like 20 % of the team members build 80 % of the robot, etc.

I can rant forever but I'll stop here....