Port Jervis Lego Robotics Team (Team name to be decided soon)
The information below will help you decide if you will be able to commit to the team.
This is a great opportunity for team fun, learning computer and construction skills, and unique competition.
To begin, we will meet all four Tuesdays in June. We hope to have everyone attend at least 3 of the four June meetings.. We hope to meet 3:15 to 5pm each scheduled meeting date. The league suggests 2 hour practices two times per week. As we will meet less than half of that so we will need to be committed to the times we do meet and focused on the assigned tasks, ready to follow directions, and respectful of the equipment being used. (This includes that purchased by the club, some donated, and also the use of personal laptop computers). Anyone who has difficulty with this may risk not being allowed to continue on the team and forfeiting their fee.
A draft schedule is below allowing for approximately 20 meetings between now and the competition date in late January or February (date TBA). We would like to require that members attend 75% of the meetings with the greatest emphasis on June and Nov. leading up to competition. Hopefully this will allow each of your to work around other schedule and season commitments.
During June we will be focused on teambuilding and learning the basics so we are well on our way by September. We will be judged on teamwork at competition. Our success in this may be more important then our Lego abilities, so everyone is expected to exemplify team sportsmanship throughout the season. We are also part of a larger Orange County 4-H team (three others who meet separately in Middletown). Occasionally we will meet with them for special events, speakers, trips or trainings.
Draft Schedule: (Tuesdays 3:15 to 5pm, location TBA)
4 Tuesdays in June—6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24
2 Tuesdays in July—7/8 (possible orange county fair prep. and participation), & 7/29
1 Tuesday in August—8/5
Every other Tuesday, Sept. 9 to Dec. 16. (total 8 )
Every or every other Tuesday starting Jan. until Competition (total 5-6)
–this will be tentative until we know more about our team and the competition.
There may be other activity dates given by Orange County which we believe will be mostly optional.
You should reply yeah to this email and plan to attend the first meeting on 6/3 if you have decided to join. You will need to bring an initial check for $30 made out to Orange County 4-H at that time. This will register you on the team and as a 4-H Lego team member. If you want to be a part of the team but cannot make the first meeting you should mail the check to us in order to reserve your spot. We may need to fund raise or ask for additional funds once the team is finally assembled and we see where we lie financially.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Scott Reichert & Ben Willis, Leaders
