What are teams doing in the summer?

[Redhead Jokes]

We have five team members taking a welding class at jr college, including another girl.

Team members and a few other robotics' team members have been attending the free weekly robotics classes given by our Northrop mentor Robotics engineer Dr Wagner.

We are teaching a beginning and advanced summer camp Our team captains attended Legoland teacher training courtesy of Roboeducators.

We are revamping our 2001 champ.

We got 3 Lego Leagues going.

We are submitting a proposal for our team to be a
reality show
Our just graduated videographer (he works at a production company) and our jr in high school webmaster/graphics guy (he has many more talents than that including brainstorming these kinds of ideas) are the brains and the doers for that.

We are working the school's bingo to make the team some money.

We have our weekly open house.

Our jr in high school webmaster is finishing up a new 2004 web.

Our school is waiting to hear that our very first real robotics year round curriculum teacher said yes. He'd start Sep. He's been teaching robotics for years.

In August the school's auto shop will be remodeled to include a robotics shop.

Our year end robotics banquet had to be put off til August.

[Wayne C.]

we have a few things going and different members are in charge of the various projects

1. for the month of July our students are running a Lego League summer day camp (second year)

2. we will be driving to Indiana for that finals rematch at IRI. Big Mike and Goober are setting this one up.

3. fund raising- car washes and the next big Hawaiian shirt sale

4. working with the NJ regional committee to improve the NJ regional for 2004. Nuggets is getting active in this one

5. rebuilding our storage room a bit to accomodate another robot

Despite losing 1/3 of our team due to seniors graduating, we have a whole new mission and membership guidelines for 2004. The work will be tremendous. Our school just acknowledged RR as a "team" on the same par as the football team. In the fall we return with a head coach and assistant coach and a greater recognition by the district.

There is always something to do at Raider Robotix

WC

[Evildoughgrl334]

While my team has no group effort individual members take it upon themselves 2 build drive chains and the such. The only thing we are doing besides attending dinner at Dean's House (NYC Chairman's Award winners) is having a beach party.

[tatsak42]

Build a practice bot
Rebuilding a bot that was scavenged for parts
Build a 3 wheel holonomic drive bot
Learn how to use the gyro very accurately
Combine the last two
Make the translational that didn't REALLY work... well, make it work
That's it I think?

[Travis Hoffman]

Team 48 Summer Activities:

1. Attend the IRI (of course!)
2. Two team paintball outings (and counting)
3. Team Picnic
4. Pool party
5. Barbeque
6. Plan fall robotics educational curriculum for the students
7. Various robot demonstrations
8. Engineer and student recruiting

[Pin Man]

My team is boring... We aren't doing anything... Just a team party and I'm the only one on my team that goes on CD except for one other that goes on rarely...

[Katie Reynolds]

A lot of brat frys to raise money! Other than that, enjoying the "time off" before school starts up again. We've got some recruiting to do for next season!

- Katie

[dez250]

our team is doing alot of public displays and things, trying to gain members and mentors for the next season... Also we did a bottle drive that got us alot and also we might be doing another fundraiser, im not sure yet. On my own i am going to IRI (thanks Cliff and Dave [222]) and also will be doing some other FIRST things on my own/with others...
~Mike

[Keith Chester]

Me? Working with Wayne C. and Aignam to breathe life into project RINOS to expand FIRST in ways never before done.
And reflecting sunlight (I am one white boy.)

Offseason? We don't need no stinkin' offseason.

[Wayne C.]

Work!! More work!!!

What did you guys get me into now.....


he he

WC

[Ryan Foley]

We modified our 2000 and 2001 robots so that we could help out team 166 by participating in their demo on the 4th of july.

You can see pictures of the finished robots here, here, and here.

[kristy343mim]

me and a few other people on team 343 are planning commuity service for next yrs. season! trying to think of stuff that could make us closer to the 2004 chairman's award.

[Keith Chester]

Originally posted by kristy343mim
me and a few other people on team 343 are planning commuity service for next yrs. season! trying to think of stuff that could make us closer to the 2004 chairman's award.

It's great you're having a community outreach program- we just recently placed a larger requirement on our members for community service seperate from the team as well...

Do charity not for an award, but for the reward.


Oh, and if you need help in organizing it or have tips to send along, contact me. I'm interested to hear how you guys have it organized.

[kristy343mim]

we arent really doing if for the chairman's award. we love doing stuff for people in our commuity. we are just trying to get our name out into the commuity. there are people who dont know who we are. we just thought that since the commuity is always giving to us, and we have a load of sponsers we need to do something for them. give what they gave to us back to them, suport them like they suported us!!!

[Raven_Writer]

team 5 is doing a fundraiser at the Michigan Internation Speedway sellin ice cream. wake up at 5:30 a.m., get home at 9:30 p.m.........*ahhhh*, what i do for my passion