Applying for your team?

[Kyle]

On MOE we do have an application, Since we demonstrate at events all year around we hope that they generate interest for students, and adults, to join.We let students know our website www.moe365.org when we go to events that have high school students or 8th graders. Since we take students from any local area or high school, home schools included we needed a way to see who has interest in the team and a way for them to sign up to attend our team kick off in September, we use these student applications * to do that. The applications are mostly for information on what the student is interested in and what type of FIRST related experience(s) they have such as taking a CAD class in school or being part of an FLL team. These are not used to deny or sort students in any way but just a way us to see who we have coming onto the team. We also have a adult application * for the same reasons. Once the students attend our team kickoff in early September we have weekly meetings and run our MOE University
After MOE University in December students are reviewed based on their attendance and attitude during MOE U, I can't remember a student not joining the team after showing up to MOE U other then school/personal reasons.

I like the idea of having some kind of application to join the team just to get a general idea of what a student or adult wants to get from the team before they join. But it should not be the end all of a student being allowed on a team a team should look at involvement and also the experience that the student is getting out of the team.

* Please do not fill out or submit the applications unless you really plan on joining our team.