Build/Meeting Spaces

[manderson5192]

Having just completed the '08 season, I can't help but think how my team can make next year even better. From watching other teams' videos of robots in action, I can see that there is a very wide array of facilities that teams regularly meet in. On my team, for the most part of the build season, our programming, electrical, PR, and game build teams were able to meet for 3 hours a day, 3 days a week in a physics classroom at our school with very limited (filtered) internet access. Our build/mechanical team met at a small but very nice machine shop (meaning lots of CNC machines and 3 employees there that have become more mentors and friends than sponsors)for 15 minutes away 1 day a week for a few more hours each day. Although we do pretty well each year, I can't help but think that more and longer meetings at a facility where all the subgroups can go would be a significant improvement.

Anyways, the question is: How are the facilities in which your team meets during build seasons? How frequent are your meetings? For how long?

Thanks in advance guys!