Booster Meeting 1/13/25
Attendance: Denny Costlow, Pat Henry, Justin Hayter, Paul Nelson, Nick Bird, Jodi Russ
Absent: Rich Stewart
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Festival
Purchased 10 tablets, will need 4 more before the season starts
Purchased 14 tablet cases
Challenge
FIRST Like a Girl asked about doing summer camps for FLL. We likely can’t make this happen due to not having enough trained people to run it.
FTC - Need new field perimeter - 8579 is willing to pay for the cost of a new perimeter $659 on AndyMark
Wants more CAD training
Java programming
Banquet on Saturday, Jan 25 at 6pm - Justin
5th grade team will start on Feb 1 and will need to get signed up for spring event
Jodi will order GoBilda stuff for 5th grade team
Denny will ask about funding a perimeter for one of the two fields from the Tolley Grant.
FRC
Likely will not do the Ida demonstration night again
Field is 90% complete, still waiting on netting and cage
It’s been problematic getting supplies from AndyMark so Denny has been searching for other suppliers
Week 1 at Milford, Week 3 at Jackson, States are week 6
Championships are the week of Easter, which is increasing the cost of travel
Possibly sharing a semi-trailer with other southern Michigan teams to get the robot there as BX doesn’t have access to the truck they used previously, plus this would allow coaches/mentors to fly home Easter morning rather than driving home all day on the holiday.
Fundraising about $12,000 behind what they were last year.
Needs to get sponsor logos from 4 companies and get banners and shirts ordered this week. They will order from Letterman this year.
Nick provided info on the laser engraving. Denny will put together a proposal to ask for Tolley Grant to purchase this. Would use this for sponsor panels (Lexan), trophy labels, etc. Mid-level quality will be around $5,000.