The need for greater organization in iFoundry

So this iFoundry thing is starting to become a bit vexing. There is so much work involved in it and I do not seem to be getting much out of it. This applies to both iFoundry itself as well as the class that goes along with it, ENG 198, which I feel has become too much work for just one measly credit hour. Although meeting with people from the world of work is interesting and potentially helpful, it is difficult to get something out of that because we still lack the technical knowledge to actually apply the principles which are presented to us. But besides that, the iFoundry meetings often seem like a waste of time, not because the leadership of the iTeam is lacking, but because we still seem to have little real direction in what we are trying to do. Because of that, the interest level and consequently the attendance at iTeam meetings has been waning. I feel that our iTeam has done a good job with the tools available to us in order to give some structure to what we are trying to do, but because the overall organization of iFoundry has been lacking, this has been difficult to do. I feel that, at this point, iFoundry has become too much of a time commitment compared to the value that I get out of it. It has been difficult to enjoy as well because of that feeling of lack of progress and motivation. It seems that this would be a much better initiative to start sophomore or perhaps junior or senior year, because by then we would not only have the technical knowledge available to us in order to put the things we are learning to use, but also because we would be much closer to the point in time when we would be ready to enter the working world and use that information. If something doesn't change within the next year regarding the overall structure or purpose of iFoundry, I feel that many students will completely lose interest and drop out of the program, making it much less effective to create a meaningful change in engineering education at U of I and throughout the country.