Recruiting-Getting people who are interested in ROBOTICS

[Tom Bottiglieri]

you dont really know with new members. If they show up to all the meetings interested with whats gonna happen.. i'd say you are safe with them. But then again i never thought FIRST was anything special until i started the build of my freshman year.

But, What drives people away is: (i just came up with these off the top of my head)
1. Throwing fund raisers in their face the 2nd meeting
2. Putting up some really complex design and having 2 seniors bicker back and forth about where a pnuematic piston belongs
3. Giving everyone a team shirt and forcing them to wear it to school.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by ToMMan b182

1. Throwing fund raisers in their face the 2nd meeting

We do that even before the 1st meeting. It's in the contract new members sign. It says while their grade is based on attendance, they will still be expected to significantly contribute to the team's extensive fundraising efforts.

FIRST is not a free ride; it takes hard work, which brings pride. That is the point.