FTC Competition – Delayed 2 Hours
The FTC Competition Scheduled for 1/21/2012 has been delayed 2 hours. Doors will open at 9 AM.
Saturday Meeting CANCELLED, FTC Competition Still On
Posted by Matthew in Build Season, Team on January 20, 2012
Fairfax County Public Schools has cancelled all activities for tomorrow 1/21/2012. Therefore tomorrow’s meeting is cancelled. Stay tuned to additional emails regarding a possible Sunday afternoon meeting. Otherwise our next meeting will be on Monday 1/23/2012.
The FTC Competition is still on! An announcement will be made by 5:30 tomorrow morning with an updated status.
Today’s Meeting
Posted by Matthew in Build Season, FTC, Outreach, Team on January 20, 2012
Today we continued to work on CDR Presentations. We will hold CDR presentations next meeting, this Saturday from 9-4. Team members helping out with the FTC Competition Concession Sales get double hours for that day.
Today’s Meeting
Posted by Matthew in Build Season, Team on January 18, 2012
Today we continued to work on CDR Presentations. The actual presentation of ideas will take place this Saturday at 9 AM. Make sure your subgroup is ready to present then. Please check Wherley’s email from tonight to find the templates for the powerpoint and the BOM.
Our next meeting will be this Thursday from 7-10. You can show up as early as 6 to catch up on work and get extra hours.
MLK Day Meeting
Posted by Matthew in Build Season, Team on January 16, 2012
Today we finished our discussion about the general robot design. CDR will be next Saturday so each of the subteams need to have their presentation done by then. We also assigned subteams today so make sure that you talk to Dave ASAP if you missed today’s meeting. Our next meeting is tomorrow from 6-10. Be ready to get to work.
P.S. Special Thanks to Domino’s, Tortilla Factory, and Jimmy Johns for their food donations tonight. Our dinner tonight couldn’t have been a success without their generosity! Thank You!
Kickoff!! Saturday, Jan 7 at 9a
Posted by Ted in Build Season, News, Team on January 6, 2012
Team116′s kickoff event will be held on Saturday, January 7, 9:00a, at the Herndon High School library. Come to watch the FIRST broadcast, eat breakfast, and learn the new game for this year!
The library is located to the left of the main office as you walk into Door #1 at the front of the school.
Parents’ Meeting this Tuesday, Nov 8 at 7p
All student team members’ parents are asked to attend a short parent meeting this Tuesday, Nov 8 at 7p. We’ll discuss the general team guidelines, your student’s participation, our build season, competitions, costs, and other details for the season. We look forward to seeing you there!
FRC Awards Survey for all team members
Bill (Director of FRC at FIRST) of Bill’s Blog: http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2011/09/list-new-region.html is “asking about your team’s experience with FRC Awards. For this survey I would like everyone’s individual input. Please encourage everyone you know on an FRC team to take the survey by Wednesday, Sept 28th.”
https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Via Mike Y. on our team mailing list.
New members’ interest meeting – Tuesday, Sep 20
The New Members’ Meeting will be on Tuesday, Sep 20 in the Herndon High School’s drama room!
Our team members will present topics such as,
- Team history
- Info about FIRST
- Team benefits, such as scholarship opportunities
- Philosophy and expectations
- Our build teams and season info
- Competitions and awards
- Finances, spirit, travel
- Anecdotes
Come for the pizza, stay for the robots!
Team 116 organizing meeting this Wednesday
We will be having an organizational meeting for the 2011-2012 season this Wednesday evening at 7:00-9:00pm in the robot shop. Please come prepared with ideas, comments, questions, contributions, thoughts, and creativity.
Things we need to discuss:
- Team goals
- Team organization
- Officers for 2011-2012
- Policies and expectations
- Roles and responsibilities
- Recruiting new members
- Fall pre-season activities and projects
- Outreach activities
- The shop, supplies, and materials
- Animation team activities
- Mid-size robotics (FTC, VEX, etc)
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