(e-mail sent by Hank Bennett)
To: Team 342 - Students
At the Leadership meeting, it was decided that we will only meet on Saturday (except for the Animation and Website teams).
The other days of the week should be still planned for Robotic activities and can be coordinated by our Student Leadership. These days are for Fund Raising and Demonstrating the Robot.
If you have not got your fund raising material - coupon book sale and Stingrays ticket sale, please contact Ms Lauren White (Justin's mom) or Connie Dunn.
I recommend you go out individually or in a small group even on days you are not with the robot to work on this fund raising. It is very important to the team as it allows us to plan for the additional regional and activities during the season. As soon as a 1 page Flyer is available I will distribute it to help you tell people about FIRST and our Team.
It is important not only to raise funds, but to spread the word of FIRST to our community.
As for days taking the robot to demonstrate or help with Fund Raising, again, the Student Leadership will prepare the plan and communicate the dates to everyone.
Of course if there are questions / issues, please do not hesitate to let the mentors know.
To: All Team 342 Students, Mentors, Sponsors:
Other decisions / information from the meeting:
1- The Regional travel is decided - half of the qualified* students will go to one of the two "away" events.
All students will support / participate at the SC Regional in Charleston
If the team qualifies, we will attempt to bring the entire team to St Louis (thus the need for strong fundraising!!)
The school will continue to coordinate the arrangements (hotel rooms, transportation, etc.)
2- The team will try to participate in the Christmas Parade in Summerville - need a group of students to coordinate/ organize
3- There will be a meeting with the Stingrays at Bosch during the first week of December to talk more about the ticket sales, to see how it is going, to brainstorm ideas to sell more and to have fun with the players and Cool Ray. The date will be finalized and distributed by Connie D.
4- The December 31st "FIRST Robotic Night at the Stingrays is confirmed. There will be alot to do to prepare for this evening. Again, a small team of students and mentors are expected to prepare all of the activities, etc. (I will lead this team, together with a student leader)
5- The team will support FLL and FTC during the break - A. West will provide more detail
6- The website will be completely overhauled quickly , with the lead being Christina Dunn and others that volunteered at the meeting. Christina will pull the team together. It was agreed to go to an "easier site" to allow more students to participate with less mentor responsibility. The proposal is to use what Team 3489 used last year.
7- Inventor sub-team will begin after the 2012 Kickoff. It will be led by Jason Allen and Kristin Kofoid and will combine Team 342 and Team 3489
8- Rookie team members of Team 342 will participate in the training sessions being prepared by Team 3489. More information to come on this.
If I missed anything from the meeting, let me know.
Thanks,
Hank
(Edited slightly for clarity)
