===== Mentor Meeting 2018-06-07 =====
Mentors Meeting, 07June 2018 7pm @ BHS Auto Lab

==== Agenda ====
  * Budget
  * Projects
  * Administration
  * Retrospective
  * Vision


=== Attendance ====
Nathan H., Jim A., Nick S., Tim J., Rocky R., Anna K., Beth G., Dina G., Mary M. W., Eric W.

=== Budget ===

Budget to Date:  approx. $50k

=== Projects ===
  *   Summer robots
  *   Establishing build stock and organization (Nuts, bolts, aluminum)
  *   Misc. part box carrier
  *   Pit rollaway super tool-box.   Process – what is needed to copy Strike Zone toolbox.  Budget to fund – in process
    * Boy Scouts (Aaron Lee) Fowlerville team assist (Aaron Lask)


=== Administration ===
  * School Board meeting 11 June.  Golden Star award; Dan DeLisle, and team.  Points to present and assignment to Students
  * Student Leadership positions, Selection over summer, intent to Build Business side.  Hans though to make a list of skills that are needed and then find kids that have those skills.  That same idea could apply to finding new mentors.  

=== Miscellaneous ===
  * Trailer preparation - Nathan, Tim and Jim
  * IRI - 12 students going - Nathan, Jim, Tim, Ana and the Amblers
  * Kettering camps - 3 to go to autonomous, 1 to water game
  * Hurco machine training - Jim to go
== Room Organization ==
  * need a complaint list - like we can't keep work in progress out because we don't know if it will be in the same condition when we come back
  * ideas - more complete tools sets (check a tool bag out), projects may be left out but tools must be put away, 
  * talk to Hans and Josh 
  * we have a budget for it
  * need dimensions of the rooms

=== Retrospective ===
Mentors were asked to complete lists for the following; the following was summarized:


== HELPING US ==
  * Skilled Mentors	
  * Engaged Students	
  * Financially Strong	
  * Supplier Knowledge


== HOLDING US BACK ==
  * Communication Plan
  * Purchasing - hard to deal with only one card, perhaps a petty cash fund would help
  * Training
  * Organization / Room
  * Time – Inefficient use of		
  * Not attending events out of our district
  * Doing Things without Permission


== WHATS AHEAD ==
  * getting lots of new students - how do we handle it them, how do we get parent involvement
  * loosing mentors
  * 2019 world champs – big picture
  * Changing Technology - vendor training?  do seniors do it?  returning college kids?
  * New Challenge
  * Chairman’s Award - we have a group of kids committed to it


=== Team Vision ===
  * Mentors – Teaching vs. Advising
  * 4-year plan
  * Mentors to still lead in order to hold build season schedule


=== Discussion ===
  * Sprint Method- plan/design/build/test/review/demo - at the end of every week each sub team presents
== LCRA ==
   * need rules of engagement like 'just because you are in LCRA doesn't mean that we have to pick you if we alliance captain'
   * looking for a common space for a permanent field for the alliance to practice on

Looking forward to bringing the team to the next level in 2019!