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Latest revision as of 16:25, 29 December 2011
Minutes for October 2010 Meeting
- Review of September Minutes
- Approved
- Finance Report
- Awaiting fund from the school
- We will have < $5000 at the start of build season for FRC
- Need to order cRio, etc.
- Clem is putting together a pre-build parts list so we have a stock of parts
- Scott / Foster should look at the electrical
- Fund Raising
- We should look for a teacher to help with muffins at West
- Clem to follow up with Bently on the VEX display and the documents
- [WAMAC industries] in West Chester is willing to do machining for us
- Pancake Breakfast at Applebees in Exton - Sunday 6 December - 8AM seating and 9AM seating
- Need servers (+14 years old to serve)
- 300 ticket $7 adults $5 under 11 (we pay $1.50 per person)
- FRC Regional competition registration
- We are registered and paid for two event
- Finger Lakes Regional - Week 1 - 4-6 Mar 2010
- Philadelphia Regional - Week 4 - 25-27 Mar 2010
- We are registered and paid for two event
- Recruiting Progress
- FRC
- Doing well, 27 roboteers at this point
- Training underway
- Issues around CAD/Inventor
- Driver training to happen after Ramp Riot
- VEX
- Trend is 50-55 roboteers, last week was 38 due to Phillies / illness
- Second week of build season, teams are starting to work together
- Team is doing a demo for the Girl Scouts
- FLL
- Building Phase - two team - 14 roboteers
- Starting work on the project
- Teams are registered
- Scrimmage in Lansdale
- Jan 9, 2010 is first full competition
- Looking at picking up a second night to help with the build
- FRC
- New Space & Mill Move
- We are waiting on the gate install
- We need to get boxes and BX cable for the outlets on the new wall, we can install the boxes now and wire them later
- Shelving units are here for the Vex robots
- We are waiting on the gate install
- Report on FRC Pivot Robot
- Status
- Using mini-Pivot (VEX) to practice programming
- We have programming, CAD teams. Need to start a chassis team
- Design is at Version 6 - we have lots of good inputs
- We will get Wamac to build us one wheel set to see the design
- Post design plans on Chief Delphi for comment
- Future goals
- Build sample wheel
- Decide if we want to build a full frame with four wheels
- Request for funds
- Status
- Outreach Efforts
- FRC demo on 4 November at Downingtown East
- We need a robot that will work to demo - work on this weekend and Tuesday night
- Girl Scouts at Ramp Riot
- We have the two robots for Bently
- Reports
- Plans & Upcoming Events
- December 6 - Abington
- Plan for March 13 VEX event -- need student coordinator
- Discussion about going to the Vex Event in Wesminster MD
- There is a benefit to going as a travel event
- Need to ask the VEX parents
- Pre-pay
- Sign up parents to help
- Hotel is non-refundable
- Need to have parents to understand that we want them to help in March
- Need to be set up to ask permission at the December School board meeting
- We will discuss this again in December Steering meeting
- FRC demo on 4 November at Downingtown East
Next Meeting
Next meeting is 20 November (Friday)