Take team member attendance:

Agenda/Meeting Minutes for Project Meet:

  • Call note taker for the day: Austin
  • Chosen Topic for reference:
    • Backyard Animal interaction- Problem-wild animals appear in the backyard. Could eat garden. Resources- wildlifeanimalcontrol.com, crittercontrol.com, community (where you live), animal shelter, plano.gov
  • Research Project — Review AI– everyone bring 2nd round research result based on last assigned responsibilities:

– Identify the problem – Melody and Ray
==========Melody: write a summery for 1 community as discussed – 90%g

==========Ray: also write a summery for 1 community and plan write a beginning part for the project.- 100%

      • — Research 1 wildlifeanimalcontrol.com — Audrey 60%
        =========Further research, What was needed/Action Item:
        1) Call yr research source – Wildlife Removal Team! Call them (Cell Phone: 214-974-0915) and for name and position of the person you talk to!!! Write down all the research contact information!
        2)Ask them what are the common backyard wild animals they handle in this area and what’s the best way to Handel the backyard wild animals.
        3)Where to relocate caught bunnies, coyotes, birds, squirrels, and bobcats? Do they have special placask e to put? or has such plan to build one place?
        4)Do they provide such service (come to catch the wild animal and bring it away) , and how much?
        5)Do they have flyer (how to handle wild animals) to share with residents?
        6) Write a practical solution combines with yr research findings
        7) Write a paragraph that briefly introduces the organization you are researching
        8)Write 1-2 pages about answers to the things/questions listed above, in bullet points, Q and A format is ok, like a PPT slide
        9) Write a scene conversation about yr research, prepare to perform/present
        10) this will be used as your part of research and presentation for this project===-Frank, Front office manager;     -Rats, and mice -Use a snap trap to kill them or poison  -dont relocate rats or mice  – relocate bunnies in any park  -they have a flyer to share with residents  -they help you trap animals, remove dead animals -price range from 100$-600$
        -===AI: Get the flyer, write the intro, and solution Write a scene/dialogue for presentation.
      • — Research 2 crittercontrol.com — Anthony 40%
         =====Put chicken wire over your garden, make your lawn tidy so bobcats wont come,
        ====AI: REDO EPIC FAIL
      • — Research 3 humanesociety.org — Max 90%
        =====Tethy Harmon, 972-838-3959, She is a Wildlife Rehabilitater, possums, squirrels, rabbits, deer, wolves. Ignore small animals, capture big, and fierce animals, feed them and release them into the wild, no local service, no flyer, but info on website, small animals in a container, if injured they neuter them back to health in a facility,
        ===AI: Location to keep and release animals, write brief intro for organization
      • — Research 4 Animal Shelter — Derek 30%
        ======Debbie, Administrator officer, 972-769-4360
        ======Pls provide animal shelter Tel to coach by end of 10/9!

        • — Research 5 Find a Pest Control (Specialists nearby) — Austin 120%
          ======DIY Pest Control Supplies ,
          ======Marty Keane, martytx@aol.com, Philip Nation, philip@nationhome.net, previous owner, squirrels, rabbits, coyotes, animals have diseases, relocate 8 miles away, no flyer,
          ======AI: Download pictures for solutions, find contact for city animal control, write Q&A
      • –-Community Sharing  10/22, 29, 11/5?
      • —Parent take good presentation pictures during research
      • —Master slide background –Max?
      • All slides/write paragraph/picture due to coach by 10/19?
    •  Team spirit — Austin
      ====Suggested 3 lines: Minions are builder, minions are team workers/players, we are together to build something great!
      ====Austin needs to make it into team chanting using Minion theme per discussion.
    • Drum Animal sound –Austin
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  • Research Poster design -Audrey , Slides-Max?
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  • Research Presentation – -Audrey
    –more discussion on presentation theme!
  • Core Value Poster: Review AI – Everyone review page 4-5 for core values poster and come up with ideas
    —– review again, Make sure we make a very great impression on the judges since they only see us once.
    —–Austin already found Last year’s Judging Sheet for core value and project and everyone need study
    —-  discovery-Audrey,
    —– integration-Derek,
    —– inclusion- Max,
    —– team name-Austin,
    ——Cooperation –Anthony,
    ——Other core values judging categories –Ray
    —— Melody
    ——-Everyone needs to list three points under their section, improve the points
  • Study Core Values and judging criteria –last season,
  • Rules for good team behavior or rules that represent good core values:
    • Listen to the speaker/coach
    • pay attention
    • don’t start a meaningless conversation
    • don’t make noise
    • ask for permission before leaving the table
    • no talking while speaker is talking
    • respect team members
    • don’t do weird or stupid things
    • don’t be distracting
    • do your assigned work to the expectations
    • do 5 pushups if failed to meet above
  • Observation:
    —  Max, Austin, Melody, Ray’s research met expectation, others (% as marked) need see AI requirement to catch on, need real contac and finish all the requirement.
    —  Anthony (twice), Ray, Audrey had to do push up today, pls keep improving!
  • Timeline review:

    • need finish research in1wk, finish core value+presentation by 11/5! 1st poster draft – 10/22; 2nd poster improvement +1st perform+backdrop – 10/29; 2nd perform+backdrop – 11/5, improve-11/12,
    • two weeks to identify the problem, two weeks to research the problem, two weeks to share with the community, and two weeks to do team building and core values.

Agenda for Robot Missions:

  1. Review milestone for scrimmage and qualifier
  2. Check action item status
  3. Lawyer to report any rule updates
  4. Check the tips collected from Sea Monsters’ website: http://www.masteringlegorobot.com
  5. Coach to explain clean up and back up procedure after each working session so the robot is ready for others
  6. Inventory of current attachments for each trip and mark the motor assignment in the design journal
  7. Review design journal documentation
  8. Coach to explain how to document the tuning process in your notebook
  9. Each pair demonstrate the mission work so far and other team members provide the feedback

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Project Action Items:

  1.  Everyone choose 1 minion image for himself/herself using following link and send Coach Rose the image file by 10/21 8pm
    minion images – Google Search
    https://www.google.com/search?q=minion+images&biw=1907&bih=699&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwi2q6G6qtDPAhXCKiYKHYSJBY8QsAQIGw#imgrc=P86AlK17edJq8M%3A
  2. Master slide format —Max by  10/17
  3. Research Project — Based on meeting discussion, everyone finish his/her research AI and write 2 slides of his/her research, send slides to coach by 10/21 8pm
    — write/keep polishing dialog for his presentation
    –parent pls take 1-2 pictures of yr kid doing the interview, such as a picture with the professional he/she interview, or in front of the facility, or on the phone, send to coach by 10/22 12pm.
  4. Core Value –everyone write 1 slide for his part except Melody, needs to list three points under their section, improve the point,send slides to coach by 10/21 8pm
    –Melody to think about how to add features to make our posters  stand out!
  5.  Team spirit — Austin — keep improving the new one,
    ====Suggested 3 lines: Minions are builder, minions are teamworkers/players, we are together to build something great!
    ====Austin needs to make it into team chanting using Minion theme per discussion
  6. Drum Animal sound –Austin— find drum sound for 3 different animals

Robotics Action Items:

  1. Fill in the design journal
  2. Document tuning in your own journal
  3. Document your strategy into the journal
  4. Tune all your own trips
  5. Ray fill in the shark tank attachment in the design journal
  6. Anthony works on the linear movement

Agenda/Meeting Minutes Minionbots – Meet 7 -10/15/2016

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