Steering Committee 2011-10-20
20-October-2011 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Creamery Way warehouse
Contents
Agenda
- 1 Review of September Meeting Minutes
- 2 Financial Report
- Light Bulb Results
- Pancake Breakfast Results
- 3 Space Discussions
- Future availability of 427 Creamery Way
- CCIU Scenario
- STEM Academy
- Other Options?
- Set course & Action Plan
- 4 FRC Schedule
- Competitions, Training & Kick-off
- Award Preparations
- Media Plans
- Fund Raising
- 5 VEX Schedule
- 6 FLL Schedule
Meeting Minutes (A. Weissman)
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes – 10/20/11
Financial Reports
Light Bulb Sales
- 4 Cases of 30 each of the First Generation
- 20 bulbs sold by students - $400
- 28 bulbs sold by mentors - $560
- 7 bulbs sold at $15 - $105
- 5 bulbs out with payment pending
- 2 Cases of 30 bulbs unopened
- $100 credited toward student fees
- $965 Gross Profit
- $750 Expenses – cost of 4 cases of bulbs
- $215 Net income
- Introduction of second generation bulbs
- Two types
- Smaller – Same cost to manufacture as the current generation – 8.5 Watt
- Larger - $17 manufacture – FIRST wants us to sell these for $28 – 13.5 Watt
- FIRST is no longer producing the first generation light bulbs
Pancake Breakfast
- Income:
- $1288 – Ticket Sales (including $238 with Faith)
- $262 – Raffle
- $86 – Silent Auction
- $20 – Light Bulbs
- $1656 – Total Sales
- Expenses:
- $175
- $42.38 – Photo Frame
- $217.38 – Total Expenses
- Profit:
- $1438.62
- Responses:
- Positive feedback from Applebees
- Consumers enjoyed the rapid service
- Overall a good experience
Space Options
427 Creamery Way
- Great FRC Building but contract for lease to a 3rd party
- Non-binding
- 120 day due diligence is in effect but endpoint is uncertain
- Waterloo Gardens will give us 30 days notice to vacate
CCIU Scenario
- CAT Brandywine (1635 East Lincoln Highway, Coatesville) becoming available next summer
- 4,000 ft2 may be available
- Off-hour access is problematic
- CCIU eager to have a CCIU FTC team
- Recruit throughout Chester County
- Meets a CCIU objective – creativity training
- CCIU wants proposal
- Benefits we can offer
- CCIU Team?
- Hours
- Clem is working on it
STEM Academy o Fiore wants Robotics (FLL, VEX, and FRC) back in S.T.E.M. Academy o For FRC: ~500 ft2 storage space Machines could be in fixed location We would need to put things away and clean up when finished meetings Rationalize our “stuff” Fiore indicates off-hour access is manageable Fiore wants a plan Fiore wants main recruitment from S.T.E.M. Academy students Current students are welcome to remain on the team – no issue with non-DASD students - FRC Proposal o Relocate 1640 to S.T.E.M. Academy o Propose to CCIU the formation of a new CCIU FRC team based at CAT Brandywine – rookie year 2013 o DAR to provide oversight, share training, defined resources, recruit and train mentors, help fundraise - Other Options o Chamber of Commerce to check for companies to house us o Vanguard o “STRUT” Systems o Frank’s Nurseries on Route 100 o Go to PECO and ask for donated electric o Realtors o Retail locations o West Goshen Township Building o “Sethman” Liberty Trust o Great Valley Business Center o John Manley? o West Chester Universities - Action Plan o Work on proposal for STEM for storage and usage o Work on proposal for CCIU for new FRC Team / Storage and usage o Continue looking for alternate sites o Scott Featherman contacting Frank’s o Foster Schucker is going to call local power companies for power credits o Julie Kulik contacting “STRUTs” and John Manley o Work on a contract with S.T.E.M. for VEX and FRC o VEX is talking with S.T.E.M. o Explore Pod for storage FRC Schedule - Two competitions set o First week at the same school as Ramp Riot and 4th week in New Jersey - Kick-off at Upper Darby High School - Need to work on award presentations - Ben and Yahya working on safety video - Fundraising o Light Bulbs o Pancake Breakfast o Corporate Sponsors Boeing – Clem McKown and Rich Kulik are working with Boeing Grant Lockheed-Martin Other corporate sponsors VEX Schedule - Working late into build season o Possibly moving into Creamery Way o Space for storage, vice, and grinder needed Storage = Shelving units - Competitions o December 3 at Abington o December 10 at Trichester - Looking for a place to move - Looking for a place to host competition FLL Schedule - Competitions o November 19 at Lansdale Catholic o January 7 at Pattom Middle School