How do you keep your FIRST team a TEAM?

[lsmith243]

Recently (over the last 3 months), I've realized that my team (811) is not really a TEAM. Rather, we're more like just a group of lazy people with a handful of core members thrown in. This especially showed at the Manchester Regionals, when almost NOBODY on our team was cheering for our team. But wait, there's more! The "team members" that showed up to regionals and just hung around in the stands refused to actually be functional and help out when they were needed, whether it be in the pit, doing marketing stuff, drive team, etc. This is quickly becoming a major problem that threatens the future of our team (our school liason is seriously considering discontinuing FIRST for us).. However, this didn't really seem to be an issue for most other teams, especially the Aztechs, whose team was so upbeat and efficient... What I basically want is some feedback/ input from some other teams and see what you guys do to help make your team what it is, and how you keep it that way.. Any input is greatly appreciated!