QotW 08-31-03: Making the cut.

[pauluffel]

Originally posted by Matt Krass
On my team we just let the people come, by the time build rolled around we weeded out most of the slackers. By a week or so in the rest was gone. We only had like 10 to 15 people left by nationals I think. We started with a good amount, don't recall how many. Anyway I think there shouldn't be any rejection of students, if they're not gonna work for it then in the end they lose...You don't need to weed out the kids who just want the trip and the like. It happens on it's own.

Same thing on our team: if you're dedicated enough to keep working and come to meetings, then you'll be around when we decide who goes to competition (rookie year and we didn't have enough money to go to Championships, so it was "who gets to go to the regional" instead). If you're not there to add your name to the list of people going to the competition, you don't go. As to meetings, anyone who came was welcome, and not that many people were dedicated enough to come.

This year might be a bit different because people know what we're doing and we're more organized, but I plan on doing it by people who are involved in the exchange of work or ideas: if you're contributing to the meeting or trying to get something out of it, you're welcome to be there, but if you're disturbing others or being counter-productive in general, you don't belong there and need to leave.