Team Motivation

[Anton Abaya]

i feel your pain. let me be of some help.

When I started Rambots #419 (2 years ago), I had a whole buncha people (college side) helping out. As the weeks progressed, people began to realize "holy crap! i cant commit this much time into this!" There are even some who leave because they feel "their idea" was not chosen.

Unless you are desperate for people, I say let them go and tell them not to come back unless they plan to stay. Be firm with this. I have had people jump back into the scheme of things after the main skeleton crew worked hours and hours on the robot, only to try to share in the glory of what we had produced.

No, you're not a bad leader. You're probably doing a great job. It's just some people are stupid, so just filter through all of them and find the core team you can trust and depend on (and by god, HOLD ON TO THEM!)

-anton

ps. To give you an idea:

Rambots 2000 -- started with 8 people, ended up with 4
Rambots 2001 -- started with 6 people, ended up with 3
Rambots 2002 -- started with 7 people, ended up with 4