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== Priorities for NEXT meeting == 
Top priority for next meeting - Finance, Calendar, IRI, Kettering Classes

====Agenda====
===Scope===
  * Today: Start prep and talk summer plans
  * Next Week: Retrospective, Roles & Responsibilities, lock in plans
==Vision: Brand & Agile==
==Finance: Current Status & Budget for 2019==
==Calendar: Summer & Season==
==Topics==
  * Student Leadership
  * LCRA
  * FTC/FLL
  * Biz Award
  * Chairman’s Award
  * IRI
  * Kettering Classes
  * New machine in build room
  * Machine Training
  * Summer Builds
  * Outreach
  * Community Events
  * Recruiting
  * Sponsors
  * Build Room/D1/D3 Organization
  * Creating a Stock/Tooling up

==== Notes ====

  * Last year we spent 46K - We have 35K not including the Eberspacher Sponser 15K - Dina 2K
  * School Board Meeting June 11 - sending representatives David L. / Jim A / M&M
  * Jim says we need to push our accomplishments and our goals so that they are informed
  * Budget Discussion is going to include David / Nathan / Jim / Eric
  * All topics above will eventually be handled by students
  * Dan F and Beth are going to work on Calendar
  * Trailer damages to be handled by Rocky 
  * IT Admin - Ana Karl / M&M 
  * IT Structure - Worthing / Dan F
  * Dan DeLisle - helping fill in the Technodogs history



== Student Leadership ==
  * Need help Forming and Structuring Student Leadership - Nathan / M&M / David L
  * Jim is concerned about unsupervised decisions
  * Dan mentioned that task based resulted in students seeking mentors for supervision
  * Students grouped Finance and Inventory
  * Mechanical split between design and fabrication -  Dan feels that combined is better NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION

== LCRA == 
 * Creating a board, events together - Jim will help and so will David L
  * Dr. Gray spoke about having a district event, funding it, and having the school take on the responsibility of hosting 
  * Other teams want to go to some events later in the summer - still need to discuss

== FTC and FLL == 
  * There will be funding from the district, 2 coaches for elementary, and 1 coach for Scranton
  * We would be in an advisory role - 
  * David L mentioned that 8 students from FLL are interested in forming FTC when they move up
  * Dina and David will monitor this
  * We should use LCRA for advice 

== Biz Award ==
M&M - We can do a SWAT next week, present it.

== Chairman's Award ==
  * Students are excited about this (Alex Hogge)
  * let's lay the foundation for this over the summer
  * Dan to fill in the history on the wiki
  * David L, M & M, Tim

== IRA == 
  * July 13th and 14th
  * Plenty of Mentors and Students expressed interest
  * We are going for sure?
  * Needs to be discussed at budget meeting
  * Awaiting Rules Changes

== Kettering Classes ==
  * Unordered List ItemIn the past students who could not afford were assisted - Needs based Scholarships
   * Mentoring Class - Saturday 1 day class $9
   * David mentioned that our 501 board needs to vote on Scholarships and then take to school board
   * Eric is going to pull together some of this information

M&M - we should pick a day and parents/students can jump on board

== New Machine ==
Machine Training - Send some - and they come back and train

== Summer Builds ==
  * Develop a plan - and a design for the bots
  * Creo and 8020
  * Eric, Dan, Jim, Aaron Lask

== Outreach ==
  * Jim will call Dr. Gray for outreach
  * M&M and Beth and Ana - Farmers Market
  * Parades - HomeComing

== Community Events ==
  * Maker Fair - Henry Ford 
  * Nathan, Jim, David

== Recruiting ==
  * UCoordinate with Scranton is a Rocky Thing

== Sponsors ==
  * Contact current ones and try to lock them in for next year
  * Nathan suggested that fees can be forgone for students that pull in a sponsor
  * 8020 big purchase - rope them in - Jim will pitch, push a new die to them
  * Beth / Dan D / Jim

== Build Room Org ==
  * Beth / Dan D / Eric / Ana / Dan F
  * Dan F mentioned that we are all over the place and things are not clear, layout keeps getting shifted around
  * Needs to have a Budget 
  * M&M - Tables in D1 are good working height for Electrical
  * Better Demarcation between Autoshop and Robotics

== Stock and Tooling up == 
  * Eric, Dan D., Jim, Nick