Team Management!

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Hi,
We all have started looking into the next season for robotics and we all are going to start fresh with our teams. I just want to know how other teams manage themselves out there.
simply meaning that : what goals does your team set, how does your team manage officer positions, what are the best techniques to have a good bond in a team like cooperation between people in the team. Like team work and working with mentors and vetrans. What are the best way to teach rookie members about enginering and how FIRST runs.
I have noticed many times and learned that many people who are not in robotics do not really understand what a First Robotics teams are about, people ususally asume that a school robotics team is just spending all your afterschool time building a robot. they are scared that they will do bad in class. Well that may be quite true but i dont go by that, i think robotics is wat more then just building a robot, it more like persuing your passion and is true dedication in learning about life itself. Its more about working with people and learning from them. As you may have noticed that many of the awards the FIRST presents are not towards engineering but its team work and Spirit.
I want to know what are some good methods to explaing what FIRST and robotics is about to your school and many people who do not really understand what its all about.
...just wanted to say thats all this is my own opinion and want to know how other teams out there go about teaching people about FIRST and a robotics team.
Please post your opinions...
Thanx
Akshay Dodeja
MVRT - 115