I want to echo my thanks to everyone who
- built the robot,
- helped find money to travel and to build said robot,
- worked on web site (see current blog put together by Meghna's dad from girl-provided materials www.spacecookies.org and soon see complete web site designed by Stephanie and others),
- created "bill of materials" in the middle of the night before competition,
- participated in competition through driving, scouting, re-building, etc.,
- and to those parents who came to cheer us on.
You all should be very proud. Our claw broke a few times, but you persevered and we ended up with a robot that can do everything Paly's does (they were part of the alliance that very nearly took first place at SVR). We have ideas for a new, improved claw, but even if we remove claw entirely we can score in autonomous mode, get balls off the rack when needed, and drive fast. Wow!!!
We will meet at 6 PM Wednesday. My goals are to:
* celebrate what we have accomplished already
* chart road to Championships including setting schedule
* start to generate ideas for even more successful 2009 season while this build season is still vividly in our minds
If you can come at 4:30, please let me know and we will unpack our stuff from SVR and clean up the lab a bit.
We have major paperwork coming for trip to Atlanta (I believe that damage to Omni Hotel and Georgia Dome was largely superficial and I expect games to go on as scheduled).
We need to:
- decide if we want to have booth at Sally Ride festival at Santa Clara U 3/39 http://www.sallyridescience.com/festivals/08scu0329
- schedule team recruitment event (May 17th or 18th or another day besides Mothers' Day or Memorial Day weekend)
- schedule post season party (parties?) for ourselves, our families, our sponsors
- plan a mini-camp for current and new team at SCU in July?
Once again, you have made all the hard work worthwhile. You are a remarkable group of young women with awesome parents. Krystine did an awesome job of pulling it all together. Thanks everyone.
Diane
Comments