Thursday, September 02, 2010

Welcome to Season 12

Hello Team!

Welcome to our 12th year! I hope everyone has had a great summer. We’ve got a lot of information to get out to you, and a bunch of events coming up! So we are going to hit the ground running!

1. Team Meeting - Wednesday September 22nd @ 7:00pm - There will be an ALL team meeting, to kick off our 12th season! Everyone please attend - bring your parents, bring your friends, bring your friend’s parents! We will be going over the schedule for the year, including the competitions we will (tentatively) attend! Also we will be going over the team handbook.

2. Spirit of Shrewsbury - We will be taking part in the following Spirit of Shrewsbury events rain or shine (it’s 467, so of course we should expect rain):

Oak St Expo on Saturday Sept 25th, set up will probably start at 8 or 8 :30 AM,. the event runs 10 AM to 4 PM. Family Fun Fest on Sunday Sept 26th, set up will probably start 8:30-9 AM, the event runs 11 AM to 4 PM.

Both events will take place at Oak Middle School. Please wear your team jersey, and come for all or part of the event. We will need help to show off and explain our robot and to sell popcorn and food to the public in order to raise money for our team and spread awareness of Shrewsbury Robotics. While you don’t have to be there all day both days, we would like all team members to show up for at least part of the time!

5. Clean Up Day - Saturday October 2nd - 11am - 5pm - Come and have fun and help clean up and organize the FIRST area!

6. Pie Sale and Bake - November 20th - We will once again be baking and selling Apple Pies as a fundraiser. Please come and help us peel and bake! If you are not a Lego coach, you will need to sign up for a baking shift.

7. Mindstorm Mayhem - Saturday December 4th will be our 4th annual Lego Robotics competition! We require all team members to come that day, and the Friday evening before for setup, to help us make our competition the best in the state! This year, we will be an official FIRST qualifying event - 16 teams from our competition will qualify to go to the state tournament at WPI in December.

8. Fall Lego Coaches - We are looking for team member to help coach Fall Legos at Oak St Middle School. If you are interested please email Raj (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). Fall Legos will run Mondays and Wednesday from 3pm to 5pm. There will be a General Team Meeting for Legos on Wednesday October 6th, and Lego Class will start Wednesday October 13th.

9. Fall Classes - Starting Thursday October 7th 6:30pm - 9:pm and every following Thursday until December 16th- We will be meeting in the Robotics area to have Fall Classes. Classes will be split between returning members and new members. Returning Members this year will use this time to improve the design of our drivetrain form last year’s robot, so that come build season we can hit the ground running with a solid drivetrain design. New Members will learn to use all of the equipment and safety rules, while in the process of working on two projects. The first of which is the trophies for our MindStorm Mayhem Competition in December, the second project is building and new and simple cart for the robot.

If you have any question please email Raj (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Go Team!

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