Team 116 Parents

Many thanks to the parents who have attended our regular Thursday night meetings. We hope to see many more of you so we can fully support the team this year. Craig Morrow and Dave Tripp have identified numerous areas where parents can be of special help. Below you will find a list of Robotics Team Adult Jobs. We'd love to have all jobs covered by January when Robotics moves into full swing! If you can volunteer for any of the vacant jobs (or if you have already volunteered for a job and your name has been omitted), please contact me at Haberland@qwestonline.com. Better yet, come to the Robotics Parents Meeting in the Drama Room every Thursday that our students meet! We'd love to get every parent involved and look forward to meeting you all!

-- Camille Haberland

  • Parents on Duty for Home Depot Runs
  • Parents Providing Food on long days
  • Last Meetings Notes:

    During the last Robotics Team Parents meeting, 20 Novermber, an important agenda was set for the December 4 parent meeting (7:00 PM). We are looking for help/ideas with the following:

    1. Recruiting a good lead teacher sponsor for next year, willing to take over for Mr. Tripp, who has given so much to the team for the past 5 years.
    2. Recruiting a volunteer (not necessarily a team member parent ) who could serve as Internal Liason with School Administration this year for Robotics team issues.

    We would like to see the great Robotics Team program at Herndon High continue next year for those that will be returning. The consensus is that the above issues need to be addressed quickly so that necessary planning can take place this year to keep the program strong for the years to come.

    We are looking for your input on potential candidates for the above key roles, and hope to see you there at the Robotics Team Parents meeting this Thursday evening at 7:00 PM in Mr. Tripp's room.

    -- Walt Haberland

    Additional Information

  • Minutes from Nov 7th Parents Meeting
  • List of Robot Team Adult Jobs
  • Letter to the Parents (3 October 2002) from Dave Tripp about upcoming parents meeting on 17 October 2002.
  • Current List of Parent Jobs

    Communications Internal  
      Web Site Developer Mike Wherley
      Detailed notes taker
      Announcement coordinator Camille Haberland
    Communications External  
    Press relations Camille Haberland
    In school press relations
    Public outreach events  
    Sponsorships recruitment Stewart Christ
    Coordinating/mentoring with other teams
    Competition outreach
    FIRST Awards and supporting activities  
    Scholarships George Costigan
    Chairman's Award
    FIRST Team awards & "FIRST Yearbook" page
    Photography Eric Carlson, Heidi Foster
    Videotaping
    Animation
    Technical documentation
    General Administrative Support  
    Kick-Off attendance (Local) Walt Haberland, Jim Koca
    Permission, chaperoning Nancy Romeo, Regina Mason
    Give-Aways at events Elizabeth Gibson and Jeanie Feltz
    T-Shirts Karen Deaton
    Stuff taken to events Walt Haberland
    Food coordinator Melinda Koca
    Home Depot run coordinator Camille Haberland
    Team spirit George Costigan, Heidi Foster
    Team building George Costigan, Heidi Foster
    Specialized Administrative Support  
    Travel Alisha Wallenstein
    Finance Kathy Bobzien, Stewart Christ
    Inventory acquisition
    Inventory management
    Shop manager
    Shop training
    Engineering Lessons Mike Wherley
    General Construction & Shipping  
    Field construction Jim Stede (will help)
    Shipping Arrangements Tom Kellner (can work during the day only)
    Build and Packing the crate Tom Kellner
    Mentors  
    Team Manager-- Captain
    Project manager- building Captain
    Head of each subgroup
    Software Neil Cohen
    Flight crew adult leader  
    Pit crew adult leader  
    Flight & Pit crew selection:  
    Team Strategy