How do you keep your FIRST team a TEAM?

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Originally Posted by JonBell

On another note, when do you start work with your team?
I think that next year we're going to start first thing in september, breaking into subgroups, making proof of concepts, general design sketches, practicing, etc. I think that this will really help to 1: Get us more organized for when the competition starts, 2: Unite us better, because we'll have been working together for far longer, and finally, that the people who are just temporarily lured in will drop out by then.

But that's just my two cents...

Great idea but doesn't the team loses some pressure if you'd start in September? I'd think everybody would be bored by January if you do that.

What you really should do is, some different stuff. Fundraisers (and explain to the team why), some Workshops (the team members teach each other over what they know best) or maybe a small robot, etc.


How ever our team has a problem (at least I would say so) with getting new dedicated members. We have the most of the original core leaving school, so there aren't many leaders left.
What do you do about that?