Breaking the Geek-FIRST Bias

[SarahBecker]

Originally Posted by rocknthehawk

definetly do not promote robotics based on the trips and such. at least half of our team doesnt do squat, and ends up getting into trouble at the competitions.

To recruit people, use word of mouth, and show off the bot. We put ours in the school cafeteria and show it off, it actually helped out a lot. also, try showing them how it was built, lots of kids think it is really cool using the tools in a machine shop and such. A lego team would also probably help out a lot with kids coming into the school.

Yes, Aaron makes a VERY good point! Make sure that people earn their spot at the competition. Don't just let people go because they showed up!
And by the way Aaron... was it not your team that got in trouble for surfing at Bash?