QotW 08-31-03: Making the cut.

[Ryan Foley]

On our team, anyone can join (although the school has a few rules on being able to do extracurricular activities, namely, you cant be failing more than 1 class). We can't refuse people, or even kick them off either.

As long as the people who join the team help out and pull their weight, I don't have an problem with anyone joining our team. I hate it when people come to the team, don't help at all, and then expect to be driver (our policy is the hardest workers get to drive), or some other position of high importance/ responsibility. If you don't do any work during the build, don't expect to be doing much the rest of the time either. The good thing is that most people who join our team for the wrong reasons either 1) drop the team when they realize how much work it is, or 2) change their reasons for being on the team and make a positive contribution. So we haven't had many people recently who are in it for the wrong reasons, or don't help out.

So I think that as long as they actually do something and pull heir own weight, anyone should be allowed to participate in FIRST.