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Off-season competition plans: | Off-season competition plans: | ||
:*This provides our best opportunity to train a new drive team | :*This provides our best opportunity to train a new drive team | ||
:*Also to get autonomous working | :*Also to get autonomous working | ||
− | :PARC – Tunkhannock – 4-June – SAT’s day & no Julie C | + | ::PARC – Tunkhannock – 4-June – SAT’s day & no Julie C |
− | :(BR) – Bridgewater – 11-June | + | ::(BR) – Bridgewater – 11-June |
− | :IRI – Indianapolis – 22 & 23 July | + | ::IRI – Indianapolis – 22 & 23 July |
− | :Duel on the Delaware – October | + | ::Duel on the Delaware – October |
− | :Ramp Riot – November | + | ::Ramp Riot – November |
:*Sign up if we have student commitment | :*Sign up if we have student commitment | ||
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:*Unpredictable arrival and departure times of students and mentors confounded attempts to hold integration meetings (can’t successfully run Scrum under these conditions) (Clem) | :*Unpredictable arrival and departure times of students and mentors confounded attempts to hold integration meetings (can’t successfully run Scrum under these conditions) (Clem) | ||
:*Suggested to move to a culture more like Miss Daisy’s, where students sign up and commit to being present at specific times on specific days. (Clem) | :*Suggested to move to a culture more like Miss Daisy’s, where students sign up and commit to being present at specific times on specific days. (Clem) | ||
+ | :*In the original team, Students were hand-picked by Paul Sabatino. We no longer have this filter and really have no access to teachers for recruiting students. | ||
Behaviour | Behaviour |
Revision as of 17:21, 9 May 2011
Mentors Meeting 6-May-2011
B. Kellom, R. Wall, J. Kulik, R. Kulik, J. Christopher, J. Morganto, M. Rizzo, G. Deaver, J. Weissman, S. Weissman, S. Maley, C. McKown
Off-season competition plans:
- This provides our best opportunity to train a new drive team
- Also to get autonomous working
- PARC – Tunkhannock – 4-June – SAT’s day & no Julie C
- (BR) – Bridgewater – 11-June
- IRI – Indianapolis – 22 & 23 July
- Duel on the Delaware – October
- Ramp Riot – November
- Sign up if we have student commitment
Suggestions/Observations:
- We should investigate the 5th Gear drive simulation (Christopher & Maley) – but there is no pivot simulation
- We had students who had no interest in building robots.
- General lack of motivation and investment – reluctance to step-up – reluctance to question mentors
- None of the students were leaders. Includes Captains.
- We do not have two potential co-captains for next year.
- Suggested we use and enforce the Scrum methodology. (Deaver)
- Generate the plan the night before.
- The lack of predictability in attendance interfered with team cohesion. Very visible in the minibot effort. No-one knew who (both mentor & student) would attend on any given evening/day. Students who worked with one mentor one day would show up and find that this mentor was not in (and visa versa).
- Unpredictable arrival and departure times of students and mentors confounded attempts to hold integration meetings (can’t successfully run Scrum under these conditions) (Clem)
- Suggested to move to a culture more like Miss Daisy’s, where students sign up and commit to being present at specific times on specific days. (Clem)
- In the original team, Students were hand-picked by Paul Sabatino. We no longer have this filter and really have no access to teachers for recruiting students.
Behaviour
- We need some rules (with consequences)
- Behavior is the shop is a problem. A specific student cited. If effectively directed, this student is very productive. Otherwise, this same student is disruptive and prevents others from working effectively (Kellom).
- A written and signed code-of-conduct was suggested (Weissman)
- There needs to be an expectation that students will learn & work; less social club; less video gaming; less hiding in the kitchen.
- Need job descriptions and guidelines for student leaders (Clem, Siri)
- Some aspects of team cohesion and leadership started to appear after Philadelphia.
- Nice team shirts and drive team hats suggested for improving cohesion.
Summer projects:
- Programming & Test Board
- Design Classes
- 3DS Max
- Video team
Space
- CCIU – Clem (7-June)
- Lockheed – Morganto
- Boeing – Kulik (post 501c3)
- Champ sponsor list – J. Kulik
How can we increase exposure of students to other aspects of the robot?
Can we have a checklist for other areas?
How do we get more kids?
- Student-driven recruiting
- Demos to Boy/Girl Scouts
- Demos at schools
- A more professional shirt
- Demos at Summer events
- Demos
- Back-to-school nights
Web-site
- Lot of the kids find the web site confusing.
- With VEX having its own web-site (and not kept current on the old site) convert site to FRC-only (Team 1640) with links to other DAR sites
- Need to link the face-book team and u-tube page.
- Maybe the face-book page can take on some of the social role (allowing more work during meetings)
Sponsors & Fundraising
- 501c3!
- Finance Report
- No matter where we present, we need to point out that we offer CAD & 3ds-Max and Photoshop & media.
- We need a booklet sort of thing for potential sponsors. See the 1511 Sponsor book for reference.
- Rizzo needs video-editing software.
- Lightbulbs!