News And Updates
December 29, 2007
Hi Team,2008 FIRST Robotics Kick-off.
Location: TCNJ Armstrong Hall Room 114.
January 5th, 2008.
Time: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
October 12, 2007
Hi Team,Ramp Riot, a preseason competition will be held on Nobember 10, 2007 at the Following Address:
Wissahickon High School
521 Houston Road
Ambler, PA 19002
Please make arrangements now to get a ride, carpool ect. The competition is completely full this year, with several teams on the wait list.
Sub team leaders:
Begin to assemble a list of definite members that will attend from your sub team.
Jon Rubin - See me about driving. We will need 2 drivers and 2 alternates plus one other to throw rings.
September 28, 2007
Welcome to a new year of Robotics! I'm Andrew Brown, the new web design guy.Ramp Riot will be the FIRST Robotics Pre-season event. It will be held on Saturday November 10, 2007 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. It will take place at Wissahickon High School in Ambler, PA.
General Meetings will be held in the media center, and will begin at 2:45 on the following dates:
Wednesday
Oct. 10
Oct 24
Nov 14
Nov 28
Dec 12
Sub-group meetings will be held as follows:
CAD/Animation (Sean Marks)
December 6 and December 12
Strategy (Joel Nygren)
December 4 and December 11
Electrical (Bryan Bleakley)
December 18 (@ Katzenbach, Bus will be provided)
Public Relations and Marketing and Fundraising (Heather Hutchinson)
November 14 and December 5
Programming (Eric Boehle)
December 5 and December 19
Mechanical (Bryan Gibson and Andrew Myers)
December 18 (@ Katzenbach, Bus will be provided)
May 21, 2007
Hey everyone, its Jerry here. Congrats to everyone who went and won at Monty Madness. You made everyone who couldn't be there proud.For those who don't know the new positions have been elected for next year and they are as followed:
President: Janae
Vice President: Christina
Electrical Captain: Bryan Bleakley
Mechanical Captain: Brian Gibson
PR Captain: Heather
Programming Captain: Eric Boehle
CAD/Animation Captain: Sean
Treasurer: Sam
The rest of the positions will be appointed and will be announced at a later time. Congrats to all who won positions and I'm sure you will all do a great job next year.
I'm adding everyone to mailing lists in this next week or two so if you are not on it and would like to be please let me know. If your parents also want to be on the parents mailing list please let me know as well. Once again, great job guys!
April 19, 2007
Sorry or the delay on the update. Pictures from finals will be posted this weekend or early next week.For more information on our team please look at our power point.
Our Inventor Site.
March 22, 2007
We're still on the road to finals and we are fundraising as much as we can and we still need your help. Please be sure to check the fundraising page to check for any updates.
On behalf of the whole team we want to thank Delta Airlines for their kind donation to us. It helps us out a lot and it's excellent to get more businesses backing us.
That's all the business for now. If you missed the last meeting send an e-mail to Mr.Heywood or Mr.Snook for the minutes.
FUNDRAISE, FUNDRAISE, FUNDRAISE.
Sam, you did a great job. Here is our NJ Regional footage. Enjoy.
March 5, 2007
Congratulations! We won the Rookie All Star award at the NJ Regional and now we are going to the Nationals in Atlanta! More details about the trip will be given in the next week so be sure to check in with Mr. Heywood or Mr. Snook around Monday next week to get all of the details. To secure that we all get to go on this trip we need to do some series fundraising. Every student needs to raise 100 dollars. As of now we have 2 tag days set up (check the fundraising page for more details). If you have any ideas for fundraisers which can be done in the next 3 to 4 weeks please feel more than free to suggest it.
Also, congratulations to Team 75 for winning the NJ Regional Chairman's Award. It is a great honor and we are all extremely happy for you. Everything you have done for is appreciated and you are more then deserving for this prestigious award.
We also want to thank Johnson & Johnson for helping make everything possible. Without your support this would not have been possible and our goal of achieving Rookie All Star would not have been reached.
That's all the business I have left. Please check back for any more important updates after Andrew, Jerry, and I return from our trip to Brazil.
Once again thank you Team 2016 for all your hard work. We're going to Atlanta!
February 21, 2007
Time's up, and we're done!! Our robot is completed; you guys all did an awesome job. I'm so proud of team 2016. Here's the final product:
We're all very excited for the competition next week. Be sure everyone is on time, and showing their spirit by wearing their team shirts. The buses will not be waiting for you if you show up late. We should have new shirts coming to us next week also, so look out for those.
Mark on your calenders the party at Dave and Buster's! All team members are encouraged to come. A day of fun and good food, how can you pass it up? Hope to see you all there on March 17th!
Also, I want to give a special thanks to Team 75 for having a great revealing of our robots meeting together at Johnson & Johnson. You guys have helped us out a lot this year and we owe a lot of thanks to you. See you at the regional next Thursday.
Keep up the good work Team 2016.
Phil
February 5, 2007
Only 2 more weeks left of the building rush. You guys are all doing a great job at staying focused.
Remember this coming up Wednesday we have our fund raiser at Red Robins in Hamilton (for directions visit the fundraiser page). We need all the people we can to show up and support our team. Be sure to grab a flyer from anyone on the team at a meeting. 20% of the bill will be donated to us so bring a friend or two.
Remember two things for after meetings:
1. Be sure to sign out. For attendance purposes we need to know when you leave.
2. Be sure to clean up. Do not leave a mess for the last people to leave. Cleaning up is a group chore.
That's all I have for now, so just keep up the good work.
January 23, 2006
We are now 17 days into our season and I must say things are going well. Our sub-teams are working well and all of our tasks are being met. So far for our first attempt at this season things are going pretty well. Congratulations everyone on all of your hard work.
All team members need to remember to sign in and out of all of our meetings. We will be calling for food in the order of sign in times so please be sure to arrive promptly. And unless it is necessary it is required to stay the full time that we discussed in our last full team meeting. Also, there is no more leaving the workshop, even to use the rest room, unless a mentor is notified.
We need full cooperation from everyone to keep this great season going in the same direction. Please check these following websites to make sure your knowledge of the competition is up to date:
www.usfirst.org
Once again, keep up the good work guys.
January 11, 2006
Hey Guys, it's Phil, student captain, here. Kickoff has finally arrived and now is our time to get ready! I want to thank all of our team members who have been attending everything possible and making our team the success that it has been. I would also like to thank Johnson and Johnson for all the time they have put into us already and for our awesome new jacket/fleeces! Also, a special thanks also to Dr. Sullivan at TCNJ for allowing us to use their building for kickoff and the Union Fire House in Titusville for letting us use their meeting room.
You guys are doing a great job so far and doing a good job showing up at the meeting you're supposed to. The master schedule is now completed and up in the robotics room. Hard copies have been handed out and now if you go to the key date section of our web page a print out calendar is available for who ever may need it.
Attention to all subgroup leaders: please take attendance for all the meetings. It is important that you do and it is the only part of your duties that is not being met. Otherwise, keep up the good work, keep contacting your group members and have a good time.
All of you please remember on Saturdays and Sundays there will be a sign in and sign out sheet that MUST be signed. Also remind your parents that you can only be dropped off behind the school and enter through the doors by the dumpster. Also please keep checking back at chiefdelphi.com. There are forums that could help us, and any help is good.
Thanks guys, and keep up the hard work!