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Mentors Meeting, 07June 2018 7pm @ BHS Auto Lab

• Budget
• Projects
• Administration
• Retrospective
• Vision

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

Budget to Date: approx. $50k

• 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)

• 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.

• 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

• 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

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

• Skilled Mentors
• Engaged Students
• Financially Strong
• Supplier Knowledge

• 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

• 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

• Mentors – Teaching vs. Advising
• 4-year plan
• Mentors to still lead in order to hold build season schedule

• Sprint Method- plan/design/build/test/review/demo - at the end of every week each sub team presents

• 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!