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Meeting minutes Virtual DRBC Meeting Minutes June 16, 2020 @ 7:03pm In Attendance Thom & Stephanie Hardesty, Chris & Sandy Purdy, Dee & Pete Schneider, Kevin Meikle, Jill Osterholzer, Dennis Hosang, Approval of Treasurers Report $49,696.01 Kevin Motion, Steph Second, All in favor Approval of Feb. & May 2020 Meeting Minutes Pete Motion, Jill Second, All in favor DRBC Board Changes as of June 1, 2020 Jill Osterholzer as the new treasurer Karen Zuccaro as the new secretary Dennis Hosang as a new trustee Fundraising Committee: Andrew set up a can drive 2020-2021 Budgets are due August 1st 2020 Leadership Camp is free to us this year at Kettering & will be held Aug. 10-14, 2020 Attendees Sydney Schneider, Peyton Spodney & Grant Davis Taxes were given an extension through July(Fiscal Year runs Sept. 1-Aug.31) Jill will get in contact with our tax preparer Coach will get with Pete to help him with the GM Employee Reimbursement $500 each for Tom Hazel, Coach & Pete Meeting adjourned @ 7:35pm
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Attendees president: thom treasurer: jill trustees: steph, Kevin, dennis exec chair: coach chris meeting minutes to come
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BOARD Election Results for 9-2018 to 8-2019 season
Dennis Hosang commented on Thom Hardesty's blog entry in Davison Robotic News
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BOARD Election Results for June-2020 to June 2021
Dennis Hosang posted a blog entry in Davison Robotic News
For the month of April (May 1st being deadline) anyone interested in being a BOARD member or interested in stepping down as a board member submits there request to [email protected] DRBC BOARD Positions include: Executive Chairperson The Executive Chairperson is a DRBC appointed position. The principal role of the Executive Chairperson is to provide leadership and direction to the DRBC. This includes maintaining the organization of the DRBC in accordance with the Board’s mission statement and purpose. He/she acts as the liaison between the Board and the DCS School Board. The Executive Chairperson is not a regular voting member but may cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie. If the Executive Chairperson also holds another position on the Board and wishes to exercise a deciding vote, he/she must delegate the vote for the other position to a designee. The Executive Chairperson can only be removed from this position with 7 votes of existing board members or through resignation of the Executive Chairperson. If there is an open position, nomination and election of the Executive Chairperson position shall come from the board and shall be approved with 6 votes by the Board. President The President of the DRBC will be responsible for chairing the board meetings, presiding over the committees, insuring that events are completed as scheduled, and enforcing the rules and bylaws of the DRBC. The President will also ensure the 501c3 requirements are fulfilled. In the event the three trustee positions are not filled, the President will recommend additional supporting members to serve on the financial audit committee, with remaining board approval. Vice President The Vice President is responsible for the coordination of the sub committees. The Vice President, is an aide to the President, and will assume the duties of the President at any time the President is unable to fulfill the duties of the President's office according to the Bylaws. The Vice President will also serve as the head of the financial audit committee. Secretary The Secretary will record and keep on file all the minutes of the board. The Secretary will work with the President to put together an agenda for the upcoming meeting. The Secretary will keep a current copy of the DRBC records, and will perform necessary club correspondence. Treasurer The Treasurer is responsible for the finances of DRBC. The Treasurer will keep the books for the organization, including the checkbook, bank account statements, receipts, invoices, paid receipts, as well as budgets, and monthly financial reports. The Treasurer will pay bills in accordance with the budget authorized by the President, or the DRBC Board. The treasurer will ensure that the appropriate tax related documents are filed for the fiscal year. Trustees (3 positions maximum) The position of the Trustee is to provide input and advice to the Board. Trustees will serve as the financial audit committee, and will perform an audit of the books on a yearly basis. Lead Mentor Position(s) - (3 max, 1 each for the FRC, FTC, and FLL level). The Lead Mentor position(s) is an at-will position, and shall be filled by the Lead Mentor of the respective team levels: FRC, FTC, and FLL. This position is not open to annual voting by membership. If there is more than one lead mentor for any team level, one representative must be chosen to represent that level on the board. The Lead Mentor is responsible for submitting a team budget at the start of the fiscal year. After election, the following is our current BOARD for June 1st 2020 to June 1st 2021 PRESIDENT CURRENT: Thom Hardesty (2018-2021) PREVIOUS: Lisa Johnson (2017-2018) VICE PRESIDENT CURRENT: Jason Craft (2018-2021) PREVIOUS: Lisa Johnson (2017-2018) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CURRENT: Coach Chris Purdy (20??-2021) SECRETARY CURRENT: Karen Zuccaro (2020-2021) PREVIOUS: Jill Osterholzer (2019-2020) PREVIOUS: Lisa Johnson (2018-2019) PREVIOUS: Tammy Lovelady (20??-2018) TREASURER CURRENT: Jill Osterholzer (2020-2021) PREVIOUS: Kate Hosang (2018-2020) PREVIOUS: Nicole Peel (20??-2018) TRUSTEES CURRENT: Stephanie Hardesty (20??-2021) CURRENT: Kevin Meikle (20??-2021) CURRENT: Dennis Hosang (2020-2021) PREVIOUS: Leigh LaForest (20??-2020) -
Ok, so if no one knows what the password is and you looked in the club for the correct password Examples: sponsorship club would have the password for [email protected] newsroom club would have the password for the news emails Then you would open a Support Request by following these simple steps Click Support - Support and the button that says New Request as shown below Now you would fill out the Support Request being as detailed as you can. Click Save at the bottom and support staff will go to the hosting server and reset the password and provide to you via the support case you created.
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So I have been assigned an email to use for news and I'm not sure how to find out or even reset the password?
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Starting the beginning of our fifth week of the 2020 season, our team opened up our new robot lab to the community and sponsors to come and view. We presented our past robot and awards while also showing where we are now in terms of prototyping and CAD designs. As the CAD team is working hard to finalize details for assembly, the machining team has gotten busy with fabricating all of our specialty parts for both our practice bot and competition bot. Some examples our of special parts are tons of customs brackets and six shooter rails that are being assembled. The build team has gotten to work by attaching the intake arm and elevator to P-bot. Within the next week, we are striving to have a fully functional elevator and hook up the shooter to the practice bot chassis.
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During weeks three and four of the 2020 season our team has been focused on finalizing the CAD of the robot. Using Autodesk Fusion 360 we have worked on all aspects of our robot finalizing the power cell launcher and the chassis. We have begun to create drawing enabling the machining group to start making frame rails for our practice bot. During this type our programmers have been refining the program for our mecanum drive.
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FINAL ByLaws passed DRBC ByLaws 30Nov2018.pdf DRBC ByLaws Addendums 30Nov2018.pdf
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*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Issue #27 November 2019 You can’t pick the hand you’re dealt, but you can choose how you play your cards! FTC Teams Compete in Oxford By Dee Schneider Our FTC Middle School Team worked hard these last few weeks, getting their robots built and programmed, in preparation for the teams' first competition of the year. On Sunday, November 24th, the Wild Cards, Team #10058 and the Techna Cards, Team 9514 headed to Oxford Middle School to compete. The team literally re-built the Wild Cards' robot the night before the event after some issues were noted during practice driving. The team was also lucky to have a parent, Kari Bishop, help with programming the robots the week of the competition. In spite of the difficulties the teams ran into, they pulled it all together and were able to compete. These two teams placed 20th and 21st at the event, which was a great learning experience for this year's first-timers, as well as returning members. The teams plan to work at full steam after the Thanksgiving break to make some changes and be ready to win their next event held at Kettering University on December 7th. Once they win at Kettering, it will be on to the State competition December 13th and 14th. Come out and cheer on these awesome FTC teams, or follow them online at theorangealliance.org/teams/10058 or theorangealliance.org/teams/9514. Hill's FLL Jr. Teams Head to Bulldog Classic by Stephanie Hardesty Wow, what a fantastic competition for the Hill FLL Jr. Robotics Teams! BOOMTOWN was this year's theme for att FLL Jr. teams. Team 14895, Lego Jokers, Team 20747, Jokers Wild, and Team 20748, Cardinal Builders, competed on November 23rd at Kettering's Bulldog Classic Robotics Event. Each team had the honor of winning an award, and man, were they impressive! Lego Jokers, our veteran team, won the Creative Explorers Award, Jokers Wild, one of our new teams this year, won the Building and Discovery Award, and Cardinal Builders, our other new team this year-and also the youngest team with mostly kindergarteners- won the Cooperative Explorers Award. The judges were very impressed with each team member's knowledge of the city they built, and enjoyed hearing which part of the city each team member personally built and why they thought their city needed that particular building in it. The kids also enjoyed looking at all the other cities that were built by other teams and discussing their cities with them. Great job, Hill! Moving Day for House of Cards As our program continues to expand, so does our need for more space! Our FRC Team, House of Cards, now has their very own place to call home. While there are still details to work out and preparation, organization and cleaning to be done, the team is looking forward to their upcoming build season in their very own designated space. Stay tuned as we reveal sneak peeks of this exciting season ahead! Sharing the Love Our student mentors have been hard at work, helping our younger teams work towards their goals this year. These students who volunteer their time do it from the heart. There have been countless hours spent after school and on weekends, working under pressure to get things completed on time, while teaching these younger kids as they go. The parents, teachers, and adult mentors are so thankful for the knowledge and skill these high school students offer. Last weekend at the FLL Tournament held at Kettering University, House of Cards' own Austin Whitman, who is now a Kettering student, refereed matches and continued to teach and help the teams, including ours. As a college student, those Saturdays are precious, but the love of robotics is hard to resist. Student of the Month Name: Cove Wilhelm Grade: Kindergarten Favorite Class: Gym Dream Job: Football Player Interesting Fact About Me: I like to take care of my little sister and cousins! FRC 2020 Season Schedule 1st District Competition: Kettering, Week 2 - March 5-7 2nd District Competition: Marysville, Week 6 - April 2-4 Michigan State Championships, SVSU, Week 7 - April 8-11 World Championships, Detroit TCF Center & Ford Field - April 29-May 2 All events are open to the public - Come see House of Cards Team 3534 in action! Hahn's FLL Team Wins Big in Debut By Amie Martin Two weeks prior to competition, Hahn's new Robotics Team, Cardinal Coders, were unsure if they would even be competing. After a delayed start to the season and the logistics of starting a brand new team, time was of the essence. Practices were kicked up to 4-5 per week, and the kids got down to business. They all took turns programming, building, and setting up their robot, and when time was up, they were ready. Maybe they didn't have the robot of their dreams, but they had a functioning robot that would stand its own in competition. This FLL team headed to Kettering University on Saturday, November 23rd to compete against nearly 30 other teams. The team met with judges privately in small rooms for Robot Judging, Project Judging, and Core Values Judging, where they were very impressive and showed that they had truly worked as a team to complete all of their tasks. The most exciting parts were the head-to-head competitions. After a 55 point first round, the second round came in at 85, the third round at 150, and the fourth round at 190! The team showed so much improvement as the day went on, taking advantage of every minute they had to work on programming and perfecting their robot. At the end of competition, the Cardinal Coders were sitting in 8th place. The team earned the Research Award for their chosen project and they were congratulated with thunderous applause from the biggest crowd of fans there! Finally, the five teams qualifying for States were announced and when Cardinal Coders heard their team number, 48875, they went wild! It was definitely a day to remember. The team plans to regroup this week and begin preparing for their State tournament in the upcoming week. Congrats, Cardinal Coders! Thank You to Our Sponsors Aptiv Delphi Technologies Hank Graff Chevrolet Bill Carr Signs Ramp Engineering ELGA Credit Union David Slezak DDS DCC Construction Todd Wenzel Buick/GMC Autodesk Webster Associates Group Dr. Kenneth Vobach Fernco Davison Home Bakery DM Burr Group ZF North America MedTrans Davison Kiwanis Club DropsA Veit Tool & Gage Lambaria Eyecare JL Photo Davison Robotics Booster Club Flexible Automation Goyette Mechanical Dale G. 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untilThe House of Cards, FRC Team 3534, will be hosting a community Open House for their NEW Davison High School robotics lab. Th students will host informational tours, provide robot demonstrations, and opportunities to view our 2020 season robots in development. Refreshments will be provided. Please enter at door 29 of the Alt Ed building next to the bus transportation office. please join us for this celebration. Family, friends, past and current sponsors, and all community members are invited to come support the House of Cards. Open House Flyer.pdf
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One of the main tasks of this week was to have a fully functioning and programmed mecanum wheel drive. In order to do this our programmers bench marked source codes from FIRST libraries and then made their own program using control loops. The mechanism took three days of tuning to become up to our quality standards. At the same time, the mechanical group has been prototyping the power cell launcher, changing variables such as arc length, material, angle, and motor speed. As of Saturday our tests have provided enough results to start CADing and building a true p-bot mechanism.
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agenda provided by Thom & attached Agenda_June 16_2020.docx
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Attached are the bylaws for DRBC drbc_bylaws_draft_4_24_nov2018.docx
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Meeting to discuss the Davison Robotics Booster Club (DRBC) bylaws.
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Sandy joined the community
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Scott LaForest joined the community
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During Week One, our team worked on design concepts. We all shot out ideas, and by the end of the first night, we had a basic idea of how we plan to build our robot. Our CAD team has already started to work together to design prototypes. They are also starting on the chassis CAD and power cell extake design. We are set on the idea of having a low bot and trying to have a lighter robot from previous years. As an experienced team, we have the ability to play every aspect of the game, we strategized to shoot from the trench. Our 10th year season should be a good one! Go House of Cards!!
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Eric joined the community
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