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Re: [FTC]: Work Hours

So what i gather from your schedule is that you work about eight hours a week but that you spread them out evenly. Team 369 meets also meets eight hours a week. We meet on
Mon: 6PM-8 Wed: 2:15PM-5:00 and Sat 9AM-12.
We seem to be on track with our robots even though we dont get all team members every meeting. Consolidating meeting time is more efficient because you spend less time setting up and cleaning up. Also when working for extended periods of time you get into "the zone" and work more efficiently. It almost takes half an hour to get the meeting started. Maybe your team is more orderly and can get down to work faster but if not this is probably a cause for not being on track. Also my team, in the week before the competition, goes into "crunch mode" where we meet every day from 2-5:30 ish. I hope that this insight is of use to you.
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