Starting Junior Engineering Technical Society at my school

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<p>Hi everyone! I first posted this in HS Life and no one replied and someone told me to post it here to maybe get more help. So, you might see this twice. </p>

<p>I am thinking of starting JETS at my school. For those who don't know about this club - it is an engineering club that allows students to compete with each other in engineering situations - there are different competitions. Since this is the first year, I am thinking of taking it slow and easy by spending the first semester preparing for the TEAMS competition in february - march, fundraising, volunteering and publicizing the club around the school. Is this a good plan? Why or why not?
Some more questions: </p>

<p>I need to find a coach/sponser, I was thinking of my AP CompSci teacher, would that be a good choice? What other subject teachers should I ask? </p>

<p>I noticed that not all schools compete at a competition site - they can choose a "JETS: Remote Site." There wasn't much info on the website about this, so what exactly is this and how does this work? </p>

<p>Should I ask the coach/sponser to send invitation letters to students he/she thinks would be ideal for JETS or should I just let be that anyone can join?
Oh also, my school has many potential engineers or students who are very good at math and science. </p>

<p>Also, at the first meeting, I am thinking of putting together groups of 4-8 (depending on the amount of people that join) and voting each team's captain. Then - choosing the President, VP, Treasurer, and Historian.
Here is each position's descrpition:
President - arranges all the meetings, sends e-mails to all members to keep them updated and maintains website, anything else I am missing?
VP - takes place of president when he/she is missing, notes down meeting times and agenda, then takes notes on important things at each meeting to e-mail them to kids who have missed the meetings, anything else I am missing?
Treasurer - incharge of fundraisers, bank account and responsible of collecting club dues from members, anything else I am missing?
Historian - takes pictures of events, volunteer activities, fundraisers and puts them on website and also gives them to yearbook and newspaper, anything else I am missing?
Team Captain - should be voted on by the team, comes to monthly meetings with the officers and sponsor/coach and is makes sure that his/her team is prepared for TEAMS competition by distributing the prep material, etc... </p>

<p>Please gives any other suggestions.
Thanks so much.
Extremely sorry for the long post.</p>

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<p>anyone…?
bumpity bumpity</p>

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<p>Your plan seems fine. </p>

<p>The comp sci teacher is fine. I’d ask the science/math teachers too if you want other options.</p>

<p>I’d say you let anyone who’s interested come to an introductory meeting where you explain what the clubs about, then have open enrollment. A lot of kids are in a bunch of activities or some kids just aren’t interested so you don’t want to limit what could be an already small pool. Make it clear that JETS is a commitment so that whoever is there just for college apps can get out.</p>

<p>I think the President should do everything the Team Captain does. Other than that, your stuff seems solid.</p>

<p>In the intro meeting, be sure to explain exactly what JETS is and what kind of a time commitment it is. Talk about future plans as well. Lastly, if you want it to stand out as an EC, you would have to do things nobody has ever done with JETS, or be very successful in the competitions. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>thanks An0maly! what do you mean by “would have to do things nobody has ever done with JETS” like offer engineering-related seminars to members or find opportunities for the members to go to workshops or interview other engineers? thanks again for the response!</p>