I helped start "The Case Project Club" at my school. We just changed the name of the old battlebots club and kept all of the purchased equipment. It turns out that battlebots sounds more cool that generic projects, because we ended up getting less money from the student activity fund in the end.
The battlebots association was dropped because the show moved to england and people just lost interest. The club roster dwindled down to one member, but people started coming to our club room to work on projects with our equipment. It was a natural change.