Day 16: Take Initiative

Corey started the meeting off by telling everyone that we need the robot done by February 18^th and no later. We have fallen behind, and now is our time to push. These next two weeks will go by fast, so everyone is urged to do something. We don’t want anybody sitting around on their phones. Business team leader, Becca, then took over to let everyone know we need to sell raffle tickets. Everyone is to sell 15 tickets at $5 each and the money needs to come back ($75 each member) by February 13^th. We will be having the raffle in April, in order to raise money for our hotels and buses so we can successfully make it to the Regionals as a team. She also mentioned that she’ll be handing out forms for our spirit wear: grey crewnecks, car magnets, and travel mugs. Leftover items from last year will also be sold. The forms are to be filled out and returned by February 8^th. Then Safety team leader, Nick Friedl, took over to let everyone know that he has a list of things each team has to do for clean up before leaving for the day. Mr. Greene also told everyone if they take safety goggles, it is their responsibly to put them back where they got them. Also, it’s time to start taking initiative, because Mr. Greene knows what everyone accomplished each day, and this will weigh heavily on your membership next year. Media & Animation team finished finalizing the logo for the spirit wear items. With that logo they made the spirit wear order form and pit banner. Animation team animated characters, created more scenery, and did some special effects for their mythology challenge.  Business team continued to call businesses for raffle items, scoring a Tina’s and Pizza Hut gift card. They also distributed the spirit wear order forms and raffle tickets to the team. Mechanical team put wheels on the robot, and tried to figure out how to hook up the linear shooter to the cart so they could test it. They also set up the kicker for testing. Controls team worked on their intake roller issues and how they should place the kicker. Programming team got the mid-intake roller to spin, and they worked on the scouting program. Most of their day was consumed on re-installing their software to their computers. CAD team made adjustments to the Aerial Assist field in Autodesk Inventor with regards to defensive strategies. They also brainstormed for ways the intake roller can stay in contact with the ball so there is clearance to shoot into the high goal. Safety team continued building the robot cart, and finished the cabinets for the pit. Once the meeting ended, the team leaders got together and decided that we are ditching the kicker idea. Our main idea is a catapult with a back-up idea of a straight line shooter. The kicker was our best idea but could not fit with the design that we have for the intake. Approaching next week, meeting till 8:30pm will be necessary for the progression of the robot in these last two weeks. Make it count!