9-30-14

Today since we have a large group of students who want to participate in FTC we decided to split in to 3 different teams to build 3 different robots and 3 different chassis. In order to build a sufficient robot that is competition ready. We have started our fundraiser for our team and our field is currently being built and put together and should be ready by Friday.

Week Six

Goals:

Our goals for this are to find a fridge and get it to the school by Friday. We are almost doing making a solid model of the robot's chassis. We got the oven in class today so we can start baking as soon as club dues are in. We also began putting the field together and doing research on the components needed to build the new field. We plan on going to home depot to buy some of the materials needed to build the new field.

Week Five Summary

Accomplishments:

Made arrangements with Otis Spunkmeyer in regards to getting an oven to bake and sell cookies to raise funds for the costs associated with participating in FTC this year. We planned on selling cookies at 2 for 1$ after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We got a restaurant depot membership so we can start buying cookie dough soon. We started looking for a fridge to store the cookie dough in class. Also we began working on the solid works model of the chassis for our robot.

Week Five

Goals:

Contacted Otis Spunkmeyer about cookie fundraiser. They are sending us an oven as well as other supplies for baking and selling cookies for free through their fundraising program. We will be purchasing the cookie dough at restaurant depot using Shaina's dads membership card. We are going to begin building the robot for competition this week in preparation for the upcoming competitions. Reached out to various corporations in regards to sponsorship haven't received any solid responses.

Week Four Summary

Accomplishments:

new indie gogo contributions
got fundraiser approved
contacted mr.rose and figured out a plan for fpl sponsorship
got a restaraunt depot membership
started giving out information about our new fundraiser

This week our indie gogo recieved new contributions from sponsors. We finally got a fundraiser approved which is the Otis Spunkmeyer cookie fundraiser which involves selling cookies at 2 for a $1. We contacted Mr.Rose and figured out a plan for the FPL sponsorship. We got a restaurant depot membership. Also we started distributing information about our new fundraiser. Our indiegogo has received contributions!:)

Week Four

Goals:

began contacting otis spunkmeyer
contacted restaraunt depot
came up with a fundrasier
came up with a plan for robotics
talked to mr.rose about potential fpl sponsor

This week we began contacting Otis spunkmeyer for a fundraiser. We also got in contact with restaraunt depot in order to do the Otis spunkmeyer fundraiser. We came up with a working plan for robotics which involves selling cookies and buying parts as the year progresses.  We also talked to Mr. Rose about a potential FPL sponsor.

Week Three Summary

Accomplishments:

no snack sales in class
brain stormed ideas for the ftc competition
made an indie gogo to gather funds

This week we decided that we will not be doing snack sales in class as it wont satisfy our needs entirely. Have a basic idea of the chassis for the ftc competiton. Our indie gogo has been launched in hopes that we can raise some funds for this year. It can be found here https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/south-plantation-high-robotics-team . Also we are still continuing to search for sponsors and contact different companies for sponsor ships.

Week Three

Goals:

jack's links fundraiser
meeting for robotics
came up with team roster
look for sponsorship
sell snacks in class
contacted head of robotics for south florida
contacted advanced green technology and 3M for sponsorships

This week we plan on doing some research on different ways to raise money for our robotics team. We came up with a few ideas on how to go about doing so and some of the ways included researching doing a fundraiser with Jack's Links by selling beef jerky at our school. Another way would be to sell snacks during class to raise money. We also decided we needed a full team roster of who's on the team so that was started today. We also decided to have a short meeting for robotics on Wednesday (9-10-14). Also we we're able to get in contact with the head of robotics for south Florida and hopefully we will be able to do some sort of out reach. We have also contacted 3M and Advanced Green technology for sponsorship's.

End of Week Two

Accomplishments:

Team meet up at andreas's house
Start gathering resources to make an indie gogo page
Decided not to attend FTC pre-season related events
Car wash+candy sales were denied



At the end of week two, we held a team meet up at Andreas's house where we watched the FTC kickoff video, and discussed ideas for founding, strategy, and design. We also pooled resources to make an indie-gogo page, and decided not to attend FTC pre-season related events. The two fundraising ideas we had thought of at the beginning of the week which were a car wash and the candy sales were both denied. The reason why is because for the car wash we didn't have enough people willing to participate. The reason why we could not do candy sales is because we did not have enough time and too many other clubs were having candy sales.

Week Two

Goals:

Attend Build a robot in 36 hours/ or attend FTC kick off event
we got a solid works sponsorship
Meet with the team to discuss plans for the season
look for more sponsors
come up with fundraiser (car wash, magic tournament on friday, candy sales)

This week we started to discuss the pros and cons of attending the Build a Robot in 36 hours. We got a response from solid works and received 8 free copies of solid works for the team member's personal use. The fundraisers we came up with were a car wash, candy sales and "Friday Night Magic" which consists of having magic tournaments on Friday evenings. We also planned on having a team meeting to discuss plans for the season as well as watching the FTC kick off.