June 24 - June 28

I am so proud of how all of you performed at the Michigan Advanced Robotics Competition!  MARC was a lot of fun.  We had a chance to see a lot of you perform as drivers, and Nick and I were very impressed with what we saw.  Even though we found ourselves in the bottom of the rankings for most of the events, you all still kept your heads up and did your best.  We saw some great driving even if we were losing matches.  Our veteran drivers did a great job of showing our climb, and Ms. SPOCKE FINALLY made peace with the blue pyramid and decided to play nice. :)  She was also very cooperative at MARC! :)

During the elimination rounds, our veteran drive team did such a great job on the field.  They made all 7 of their attempted climbs!  Winning the "Best Climber" trophy was a well-deserved trophy!  Doing our part to help our alliance win the tournament was a huge team effort, and I am very proud of our whole alliance.   I loved sitting by the Hilltoppers.  What a great team.  Their energy and enthusiasm made it a lot of fun cheering during our matches.  The positive vibe they had, the participation of all, the energy...all made them wonderful alliance captains, and something to strive for in our team.  They celebrate every accomplishment on the field, and I really liked that! Huge thanks to everyone that participated!

Here's what's coming up this week!  

Monday - Friday:  Monroe Co. ISD camp (Dianna, Stacee, Courtney, Parth).  Those riding with me should arrive at SRE at 7:45 AM on Monday.  We will meet at 8:00 the rest of the days, but I want to get there a little early for our first day.  If you cannot get to the school, let me know.  We should be back to the center by 3:30 - 4:00 each day.  

Tuesday (26):  5:00 - 7:00 Captains Meeting 

               7:00 - 9:00  Lego sorting party - Anyone that is available that can help us sort Legos so are kits are ready for our camps and for the season.  

Wednesday 7:00 - 9:00 PM  - Training session/Practice session for Friday's Presentation - Open to anyone that wants to get one of their presentations done for the year.  

Thursday (27):  7:00 - 9:00 PM - This was supposed to be our remodeling meeting, but I am not going to be able to attend.  Nick will still be meeting with all available to rearrange the basics (move the playing field to the east wall like we had it last fall), and we will still brainstorm changes.  Anyone wanting to input ideas for either decorative painting, or shelving ideas should still attend Thursday.  Nick will be making a shopping list of things we need to purchase to organize (and beautify) our center.  We will be meeting on a Saturday to actually do all that.  I will post that date soon. 

Friday(28):  Business presentation - I am still waiting for a lot of specifics.  I will fill in the blanks on Wednesday.  I would guess time commitment including travel downtown will be around 10 AM - 2 PM.  

Upcoming Dates:

We will be meeting informally on Thursdays from 7 - 9 this summer.  Come when you are able.

ISD Summer Camps:  July 8 - 12:  Dianna, Conner N., Stacee, Ethan, Parth

                                   July 15 - 18:  Conner N., Courtney, Parth

                                   July 22-26:  Dianna, Alex P., Parth

When combined with the VIRUS and TEMPEST volunteers we are pretty well covered except week 3.  We are very short there, with only 5 full time volunteers   We could also use 1-2 more for week 4.