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Progress: Eh...

We are furiouosly working to get our project poster done, but the video that we are going to use for our tablet isn't converting.

Please excuse me as I go and scream.

(After metaphoric scream)

I'm back. Let me explain my problem. We are currently trying new challenges that aren't working very well (accuracy, repeatability, etc.) and we are trying to create a trifold for our project. To show that we know what we are doing, however, we want to integrate tablets into our board (Gatlin's and Seth's I believe). But on Gatlin's tablet, we want a repeating video of our interview with the firefighters, and that is what's got me screaming into my pillow.We started converting the video so we can use it last night. It didn't finish by the time we finished our meeting, so we figured we'd let it run overnight. Of course, we get back this morning and I turn on the laptop and it HASN'T CHANGED! Finally, after twenty minutes of thinkig it's working, I look at it and realized that it aborted. *Sarcastically* Hooray!

Wish us luck. We're gonna need it.

A new Yarnell Fire report

http://www.azcentral.com/news/arizona/articles/20131204emotions-run-high-relatives-firefighters-react-report.html

THIS IS A HUGE SUPRISE

we only have two more meetings that everyone is going to be here. Two fridays unless john comes on sunday.

to become stronger as a team

As most of you know the area we did worst in was core values.

I have come up with an idea to become closer as a team and it should help us with all pf the sections of core values that the coaches book gives. some of those are friendly competition, sharing your experience with others and discovering things with your coaches.

I had the idea of having a friendly competition to see who can complete the grey tower challenge on the board the fastest. (if you were wondering the grey tower challenge is, there is a tower that has three of the five sections already built so your bot has to deliver the two other pieces and rebuild the tower.) We would stay friendly with each other and get help from our coaches and mentors. The contest (if all goes as planned) should help us with core values and the table.

I am not sure if we will need to use a whole meeting or half of a meeting or multiple meetings but this should help with all of our core values

If you were wondering the core values are...

1. we do the work to find the solutions with the guidance of our coaches and mentors
2. we know our coaches don't have all the answers; we learn together
3. we honor the spirit of friendly competition
4. what we discover is more important than what we win
5. we share our experiences with others
6. we display gracious professionalism and coopertition in everything we do
7. we have fun

ps. if you are wondering how this will help with #5 when someone is done they cab help others finish.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

December, everybody. The month of winter (thank you for this miracle, God.), holidays (even if Hannukah came really early as far as I can tell,) and most importantly, the State Competition. Our competition is not that far away. In fact, its on December 14. Spending time with family is important this month, though. But this is easily fixed. Invite your family! We need a fanclub to cheer us on during the robot game. Homefield advantage, people! So remember, December 14, invite your family, and have a great holiday season, everyone. I wish you all the best.

Team journal

November 30th and 29th

Today we went over new ideas on how to earn more points.  We decided to skip the trucks and do the tsunami instead.  We also looked at if we needed to change the order of our tasks.  We eventually kept our original plan and moved on.

30th

We practically finished everything! I got the tsunami done,  I finished the plane,  and I got the case for the tablets done!!!! everyone else also got their parts done! Yahoooooooooooooo!

:)