Wednesday, January 3, 2007
    
     On Saturday, January 6^th, the Kickoff event for the 2007 FIRST competition will occur. For those of you that are attending this event, you need to be at the school by 8:30am, as we will be leaving for Farmington at 8:45am. This is a long meeting, and will continue on until 4:45pm, when we will begin to head back to the school. Make sure that you bring $7-$10 for lunch. This is a very important meeting where we will be working out the strategy to the game and the proposed designs for our robot, which we hope to narrow down to one or two by the end of the day. This is a mandatory meeting- failure to attend will leave you clueless through the rest of the season.
    
     It is also important to note that starting Saturday, the build season for the robot will begin. This means that there is a meeting every night from 6:30pm to 9:00pm (or later depending on the project and the mood of the janitors). This schedule applies for Monday through Thursday, with Friday being an optional meeting, which usually takes place but not always. On Saturdays, there is a long meeting that goes from 8:00am to approximately 4:00pm, but usually goes later. Meetings on Sundays usually don't happen, but that is decided upon during the Saturday meeting. So if you are going to come to a minimal amount of meetings, it is suggested that you attend on Thursdays and Saturdays.
     Have a great build season!