This same situation happened to me last year. Right or wrong, here's what I did. I told the parent that I had closed enrolment for the team when the Challenge was released in early September. I said I wouldn't reopen until after the Qualifier tournament, in case the team advanced. My, possibly flawed, reasoning was that the original commitment of the participating families was up to the Qualifier, and I intended to have them all decide if they wanted to continue after the initial commitment was met. The team didn't advance, so that never played out. I invited the family to join this year, and they're in. Best regards, Daniel McDonald Team #156 On Oct 7, 2012 3:09 PM, "Darlene Pantaleo" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I feel the same way as Brandy, but I also think that Phil's idea to let > this possible new member come to the meetings and the event in a lesser > role, with the understanding that he can be a full team member next season. > Events start in less than a month, after all, and you said that most of the > work has been done. > > Good luck! > > On Oct 7, 2012, at 2:42 PM, B Bergenstock wrote: > > Out of all the good questions you have asked yourself in this email- ask > the team? How will the new kid fit into the team? - the last consideration > you should try to imagine is if not attending this > season's competition would discourage them from attending next season. > The parents must know OCTOBER is late in the season, and they missed the > cut off that the other members came in on. > If your team is happy and productive, I don't see a compelling > reason to add new members at this point. If you were lacking in any area- > research/ drama people or engineers- then you might have a reason to let in > new and fresh talent, but having a balanced team seems like a great way to > go into your first competition. > Regards, > Brandy > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Ivan Gil <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Good afternoon, >> >> I have a bit of a quandary and I'm hoping that someone will be able to >> provide me with an answer. Our is composed of eight children and have been >> meeting since the end of July and we just had a parent that has asked if >> their child can join the team. How should I answer this question? Is it too >> late in the game? Have the other children done most of the work (and they >> have), is there a rule as to when we should cutoff membership, should I put >> it up for a vote with the team? I do not want to take this opportunity away >> from this child by telling him no, he can't join as I feel that would >> discourage him from joining next year but I also want to be fair to the >> rest of the team. 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