<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">To better figure out what the club can do to help people build robots,<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>I would like to ask everyone here a few questions:<br><br>* Why aren't you building a robot?<br> - I am, its just progressing at a glacial pace. Other household projects always <br> seem to pop up.<br>* Why aren't you making any progress on your robot?<br> - Lack of time I suppose.<br>* If you are making progress on your robot, why haven't you told the<br>rest of us about it?<br> - If I make progress I would tell the group about it.<br>* What can the club do to make building a robot more enjoyable for you?<br> - A few
years back we had some really interesting speakers at meetings <br> talking about new developments in robotics. i.e. The guy with the robot head<br> and his frubber.<br> - Maybe put together or recommend a kit for newbies to use or for people<br> that are more interested in the electrical and programming end rather than<br> the mechanical.<br> - Maybe have teams for competitions where one person on the team handles<br> the mechanical, one the electrical and one the programming for the more <br> complicated competitions or a combo thereof. i.e. Can Can or Magellan. <br> Have a signup page for people that want to be in a team.<br> - Add a forum or Wiki to the web site to aid in collaboration. Yes <br> we can do that via the mailing list but its more awkward. There are some<br> great free Wikis out there like DekiWiki, TikiWiki and MediaWiki.<br><br><br>Just a few
thoughts<br><br>thanks,<br><br>Glenn<br></div></div></div></div></body></html>