TechnoDogs Knowledge Base

• Rocky Roberts
• Jim Alexander
• Nick Sikma
• Mike Spinks
• Ana Karl
• Amy Nagy
• Mary-Margaret Whitley
• Joey Drockton
• Kyle Preiksa
• David Leclerc
• Beth Graham
• Leanne Saxman
• Eric Worthing
• School Board Members

General

• Varsity Team Student Proposal- Jake Saxman will be championing a proposal for new Varsity Letter Requirements, with other members of the student leadership, we will start with this proposal promptly at 7:00pm
• Remaining year calendar

Finance

• Sponsors (lost Ford, need to go to school board to ask)
• 2019 Budget

Administration

• Registration and Travel Event costs ($200, $100/each?)
• Book Hotels

PR

• T Shirts

Competition Management

• n/a

Safety and Materials

• S/P2 status & Safety next steps

Build

• Machine room training procedure

Jake and Alex presented their proposal for how varsity letters and bars will be awarded. The focus was on student encouragement and putting them in charge of their success. Link to Presentation will go here once Jake sends it to me

• Main Concerns brought up by Mentors
  • It looked too fluid and students may have trouble knowing where they stand
  • There were no provisions for required participation such as outreach
  • Some felt that a “band” type point system may work better and would not be too hard to track
  • Because the varsity progression structure somewhat lined up with current organization structure it was hard to tell if this was a general restructuring of the team. It looked to not be, sort of. This new varsity structure kicks in during competition season. This can be a real area of confusion.
• Take away
  • Discussions are to be had on how to deal with the fluidity problem and outreach requirements
    • Some accommodations needed to address student concerns on an ongoing basis
    • Structure must ensure that students feel that they know where they stand and are being treated fairly
  • Eric wanted to see a firm policy as soon as we can so it can be put up, reviewed, and adjusted.

• Board Members emphasized
  • Trombley will be point person once Conely exists
  • 3 more meetings remain with Conely
  • Imperative to develop budget proposal sooner than later as it could make a difference in securing funds
• Need Student Leads
  • For each project in D1 and D3
  • To organize, control, and report on projects
• Need Student Consultants in D1 and D3 that are experts in
  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • Programming
• FTC needs student assistance
  • Pit Design (Tri-Fold board for table, banner for table)
  • Scouting Form and Scouting Training
  • Mechanical, Electrical and Design Mentoring for their next challenge
• FLL needs volunteers Dec 1 - 12 to 20 people
• Mondays need a 6-7pm Logistics Debrief
• Mentors are feeling out of the loop and in limbo

• Email lists are being worked on by Rocky and some Students
• Roster is close, especially as SP2 training rounds out
• The mentor form was probably taken home by Aaron

• Start $31,468.62 Current $30,324.89
• Amy's team is entering receipts and updating budget so we have numbers to approach the school board.

• Pay to Play - $200 per student - covers district events
  • $125 per student for additional events

• Amy's team is working on booking hotels for States and Worlds

• We need to get a round of Black Basic T-Shirts
  • Store can go up but M&M needs to double check the list before shirts are made

• We need a list of students that recently went through with Jim
• We need to poll interest and schedule another round of training
• Thought was thrown out that we can get by with 5 or so competent trained students and begin training others as they present the interest.