Steering Committee

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The Steering Committee is the overall management of the Downingtown Area Robotics Organization. It is made up of the Senior Mentors from the FRC and VRC teams and the Captain(s) of the FRC team. The intent is manage a higher level of leadership and not place all the decisions on the head mentor.

The Steering Committee is a forward looking group planning for the build season, regional events, off season events, demonstrations, etc. We are the planning team for capital investments for all the teams.

Except for January and February we meet on the last Friday of the Month.

How we work

For the monthly meetings we have a standard agenda that we follow. Additional topics are posted on this page along with the minutes of the prior meetings.

During the build season the committee will meet once a week to discuss the management of the team. The intent is that the individual teams (mechanics, drive train, electronics, programming, game play, travel / logistics) will work out their plans. The steering team goal is to make sure that there are no big issues. Most of the members of the steering team are also on a build team.

Since there are a number of high expense items (backup cRio) or large expenses related to regional travel during the build season the hope is the weekly meetings will allow decisions to be made quickly.

Agenda Topics for the meetings

  • Finance
  • Robot technical issues
  • Upcoming dates (six month outlook)
  • Sponsor information
  • Mentor information

During the off season the committee will meet once a month to discuss issues. All meetings are open to all team members, mentors and sponsors.

The Steering Committee meets the last Friday of the month at the Downingtown Educational Center. A quorum is 4 mentors and 1 of the two student members.

At the May 29, 2009 meeting, the Committee voted to set the length of the Committee Chairman's and FRC Officers' terms from June 1 to May 31 each year.

Meeting Agendas

The links below are for proposed agenda items or if the date is in the past the minutes for the meetings. We are starting the 2009-2010 season in September

Proposed Agenda Steering Committee 2009-12-18 6:15 (sharp) at DEC

2009-2010 Members

Clem McKown (Chairman) - FRC Head Mentor
Paul Sabatino - FRC Head Mentor emeritus
Carly McKown - FRC co-Captain
Paul Klufas - FRC co-Captain
Jon Davis - FRC Mentor
Faith McKown - FRC Mentor
Gary Deaver - FRC Mentor
Foster Schucker - VRC Chief Roboteer, FRC Mentor
Scott Featherman - FLL Head Mentor, FRC Mentor

2008-2009 Members

Clem McKown (Chairman) - FRC Head Mentor
Paul Sabatino - FRC Head Mentor emeritus
Siri Maley - FRC Co-Captain
Heather McKown - FRC Co-Captain
Jon Davis - FRC Mentor
Scott Featherman - FRC Mentor
Faith McKown - FRC Mentor
Foster Schucker - VRC Chief Roboteer, FRC Mentor
Frank Stumpo - FRC Mentor

Meeting Minutes

Minutes Steering Committee 2009-12-18
Minutes Steering Committee 2009-11-20
Minutes Steering Committee 2009-10-30
Minutes Steering Committee 2009-09-25
Minutes Steering Committee 2009-08-28
Minutes Steering Committee 2009-07-31
Minutes Steering Committee 2009-06-26
Minutes Steering Committee 2009-05-29
Minutes Steering Committee 2009-04-24