Meeting Minutes 05-23-2007

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Meeting Minutes Wed May 23 2007

Contents

TE Sessions

Mission

  • old - Train Engineering, FIRST

Course Format

  • basic + advance
  • advance = mech + prog (elec)
  • 9-10 weeks, once a week
  • lecture + activity
  • competition at the end

SIDE NOTE: Send course details to Jeremy: outline, time/dates, info for schools, platform(vex?), highlights

Basic

  • for rookies, new students
  • in past one day all day, NEW! 5-6 weeks
  • 3 hours, 15 min intro, 45min lec, 2hr activities
  • debreif at end
  • points system for attendance w/ reward (gold star)
  • activities intensive. don't make it like school
  • graduation certificate
  • make suppliment material/ teacher's guide
  • 2 hr w/ stay late provision
  • step program???

Advance

  • split mechanical, electrical/controls
  • Special Topics classes

curriculum

  • guest lecture spots, NSF fluid power
  • Say we work with the NSF
  • sponsors get presentation spot

OFF TOPIC: GA Space Consorcium.

Funding

  • proposal/budget
  • carroline wood about CAT grant
  • Auther Blank, Kimberly Clark, ceismic, WE, scientific Atlanta,
  • New Sponsor = Coca-Cola, southern company, ISS

Statistics

  • surveys, testimonials, demographics, female involvment.

Jumpstart

  • copyrighted... by other people... shhhh...
  • 5 teams not 7
  • $2K
  • overhead = $500
  • 20K total, 5K from sga, raise 6K
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