Meeting Notes –November 11, 2008


Lynbrook H.S. Robotics Program
Notes for the meeting of
November 11th, 2008

Officers Present: Daiwei Li, John Chai, Toshitaka Tachibana, Alan Tsao, Manami Yokoyama, Michael Wachenschwanz, Yuya Bessho, David Liu, Chinmay Jaju
Advisors Present: None
Officers Absent: Edward Lu,

Guests: Yusuke Sato, Eric Xie, Jonathan Xie, Ahbinov Sinha

The meeting was called to order at 7:11 pm.

Hey Everyone,

These are topics we discussed in this meeting.

·          Old Business

    •  Amendments
      • Sent to ASB
    • CalGames
      • Plaque
        • No place does engravings alone
        • Special Offer???
  • New Business
    • Calder Academy Robotics
      • Sundays Afternoon
      • 1-5ish
      • Ahbinov
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    • T-shirt Design/Ordering
      • Still digitizing
      • Vote on the placement
      • Send the order out by thanksgiving
      • Finish in 2 weeks?
      • Change font for Jacket/Sweatshirt
      • Send Screenshots for voting
    • Team Costume/Mascot
      • Work on it after school tomorrow
      • Annie is going to get fabric
    • Chairman’s Award
      • Find prompt
      • Get officers to help
    • Atlanta Travel Planning
      • $400 airfare
      • Mention it tomorrow
      • Ask parents about the number of days
    • Vex-ball competition?
      • Side project like the robocode?
      • Similar to Tech Challenge
      • Need ideas for it
      • When?
    • President’s Circle Video
      • A contest to create a video to promote first
      • Chinmay, Toshi, Yusuke, Alan, Ahbinov
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  • Officer Reports
    • Michael
      • Money status
        • 10,000
        • +Fleetweek
        • +concour d elegance
        • +Laser quest
        • +membership dues
    • Toshi
      • Animation
        • Animation meeting tomorrow afterschool at Toshi’s house
        • Maybe also on Sunday
      • Grants
        • Received $2000 from Sony
    • Edward
      • Update pictures on website
      • Update awards on website
      • Place Powerpoints online
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  • Open Floor Discussions:
    • Need an Award for the Robocode winners
    • 101 ways to increase interest in the club
      • Motivational Speech
        • John to make a speech
      • Place presentations before the info
      • Buy kits to make in meetings
        • Buy simple kits from DJ Hobby or Frys
        • Place an announcement in the intercom like amnesty
        • Make people build the kits during the lunch meetings
    • Find Garage
      • Ahbinov’s Garage is avaliable
    • Team Social
      • Ice Skating
        •  $10 per person
        • Admission + Skates
        • 10 people interested
        • Put before the robotics alumni dinner?
    • Need to find restaurant for Alumni dinner
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  • Things to discuss next week
    • More on Vex-ball
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The meeting was adjourned at 8:28 pm.

Minutes recorded by Alan Tsao