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How much money do you receive from your school PTA, ASB, etc? We aren't funded by the Oconomowoc Area School District officially.
Is robotics only a club or is it a class for credits at your school? Right now it is only a club, but they are starting the wheels in motion to integrate it with a "Principles Of Engineering" Class or something like that.
Who does all the PR work for your team (shirts, website, brochurs, fundraising, etc)? We also have members on the team work on that, and almost everyone helps out with fundraising, because we need to do so much.
Does your team work at school or a nearby college? (Where does the building take place and where are team meetings held?) We do almost everything except our weekly Monday morning team meetings at our main sponsor's (Quest Technologies) building which is about 5 mins from the high school. We have had very limited facilites at our school, so there is nothing really to do there, that is changing though, with improvements to the Tech Area of the school, so we shall see.
What is the general attitude of people in your school toward your robotics team? Do they think it is cool or nerdy?
It has gotten better over the years, people support it and will ask us questions and look at the bots, most kids think its cool.
On a more individual note, if your team group can't decide on something or they are just sitting around lazy, do you try to get the group to work or do you just do things yourself?
There is that group of core people that will almost always help you out when you need it, but if people are just refusing I will more than likely take it on myself.
Last, who works with your team, Physics teachers, mechanical engineers, math teachers, art teachers, parents, etc?
We have 2 teachers, an electronics one and a physics teacher. Around 5-6 engineers from Quest that work with us, and alot of parents that are always willing to do something.
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