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  1. Meeting Minutes – January 31, 2012 January 31, 2012
  2. SVN Mirror of 2012 FRC Game Docs January 18, 2012
  3. Kickoff! January 13, 2012
  4. Live Webcast of Kickoff [Concluded] January 7, 2012
  5. Happy New Year! January 6, 2012
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31
Jan 12

Meeting Minutes – January 31, 2012

Start: 7:00pm
Mentors: Mr. Lowd, Mr. G, Mr. Lomazov, Mr. Harrison, Ms. Chu, Mr. Xie, Fernando
Members: Eva, Akshat, Rishabh, Mishan, David, Patrick, Reo, Raphael, Jackie, Anurag, Nikunj, Abhiram, Christine, Michelle, Manoj, Matt, Tony, Ali
Officers: Alric, Jocelyn, Michael L, Lucy, Robert, Eric, Annie, Brian, Miles, Diane, Aneesh

Member Meeting – Jan 31, 2012

Lynbrook Robotics FIRST Team#846

Start Time: 7:00 PM This Agenda is closed to editing at 6:30pm.

Only 35 days till Stop Build Day
  1. Download the Encrypted Manual!
    1. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/competition-manual-and-related-documents?id=452
    2. svn checkout http://frc2012-gamedocs.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ frc2012-gamedocs-read-only
      SVN version maintained by D.Giandomenico (trial effort)

Officer Reports

Treasurer; Secretary;

Notes: DRI = Directly Responsible Individual

Old Business

  1. Mr. Lowd’s talk of fun (7:00pm)
    1. Christian Science by Mr. Dooley
  2. Sweaters [DRI: Alric] (7:04pm)
    1. orders placed (36 total)
    2. have not received tracking number
  3. T-shirts [DRI: Alric] (7:05pm)
    1. still collectin checks
    2. they go for $25
    3. may switch companies, if we go with a cheaper company will ask for a cheaper check
  4. Flag [DRI: Eva] (7:20pm)
    1. two choices
      1. old one
        1. monkey sitting on text
      2. new one
        1. moved monkey down, text on the side
        2. move text so shorter text is on top of the longer text.
    2. Review text and space formatting
    3. double sided, regular flag, etc.
      1. for details contact Eva or Alric
    4. 3×5 flag
      1. 3×5 or 4×6, supposed to be long
    5. Traditional Flag with border, 3×5.
    6. Getting design by Matt and Alric.
      1. Need vectors for the boarder
  5. Newsletter [DRI: Vincent] (7:06pm)
    1. Build Season: Vincent & Jocelyn
    2. Rm. 612: Rishabh, Jocelyn, Eric
    3. Student perspective of team: Mishan, Anne, 2 undetermined others
    4. CalGames: Angela
    5. Community outreach: Michael L
  6. Awards (7:10)
    1. Entrepreneurship [DRI: Diane]
      1. Have made some progress
      2. almost done with business plan
      3. almost done (75% done)
      4. need help with numbers, will contact Miles Chan
    2. Woodie Flowers [DRI: Annie]
      1. Still working on it with Eric
      2. getting a draft done here
    3. Website [DRI: Michael L]
      1. February 11th is deadline
      2. Website changes [DRI: Vincent]
    4. Chairman’s [DRI: Jocelyn]
      1. Gave the team the information to us already
        1. Finished! Thank you Jocelyn good job!
      2. Video [DRI: Michelle, Christina]
        1. have list going around
  7. CNC Software [DRI: Mr. G] (7:12pm)
    1. will not be seeing software until February 6th
      1. learning how to use G-code
        1. Anurag, Akshat, Eric, Michael L
      2. Mechanical setback
        1. coolant pump failed
      3. Making good progress
      4. Still have a 30 day trial on another program
        1. no idea how to use it, launched it never learned to use it
    2. If you want to get involved just jump in!
  8. Photo Journal [DRI: Eric] (7:41pm)
    1. member list completed
    2. text, space, and font formatting to be updated
    3. order is fine
    4. added and corrected titles for mentors
      1. will send out a spreadsheet for reviews
    5. updated the advisors list
  9. NYC Regional update (7:17pm)
    1. Have charter bus quotes
      1. ask where luggage is stowed, know the quality of the bus
    2. check how many vehicles
    3. Hotels and air fair – done
  10. Rm. 612 work (7:39pm)
    1. times that we will be in
      1. start 3:30pm
    2. work that has been done
      1. meeting in room 612 everyday
      2. worked very hard and long
      3. CAD Design have been working
        1. drawing machinist drawings
        2. Group working on machines
End: 8:02pm

18
Jan 12

SVN Mirror of 2012 FRC Game Docs

FIRST Team 846 is maintaining an SVN Repository of the unofficial 2012 FRC Game Documents. The documents can be accessed using the SVN command:
svn checkout http://frc2012-gamedocs.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ frc2012-gamedocs-read-only
or with TortoiseSVN at:
http://frc2012-gamedocs.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

Please direct comments or questions about this repository to FRC12_rules@lynbrookrobotics.com.


13
Jan 12

Kickoff!

Rebound Rumble, a game where robots try to score balls into basketball baskets and balance on a bridge.

Links:


07
Jan 12

Live Webcast of Kickoff [Concluded]

On Saturday, January 7th, the 2012 FIRST Robotics Competition game will be announced. NASA will be streaming a live webcast of the entire kickoff event, which starts at 7:30 AM PST. The link to the webcast is: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/.

The encrypted game manual can be downloaded at http://www3.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/competition-manual-and-related-documents.

Update: The live stream has concluded.


06
Jan 12

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

Don’t forget, kickoff is just right around the corner, on Saturday, January 7th, 2012!