Minutes of Past Meetings

Discussion of rules -- what to limit
Should disallow: fire, gas power, un-tethered projectiles, electrical warfare
Should limit: number of batteries, size
Should provide communication -- radio or IR?. Should we provide working equipment, or just plans.

Competition date: 2nd Saturday in October

Schedule for next year: speakers
* have JPL people come in and talk
* ask Glen and others to talk about experience in industry
* should be biweekly
* some informal lunch stuff and some formal after dinner stuff
* send letters, NOT e-mail
* goals of series:
- differences b/w industry and school
- experiences in industry
- what people in industry do on a daily basis
- pro's and con's
- what they look for when hiring


People/companies to talk to about speaking:
- Dona Shirley: Jeff
- Stuart Stevens: Jason
- Axel Scherer
- Antonsson
- Burdic
- Brian Wilkins
- United Micro Machines
- Glen George


Other stuff for club to do:
- competition database
- database of internship opportunities
- resume book (contact career fair people


Commitments:


research SURF newsletter: Amit
flyer: Jason
rules: Ryan
ITS account (ceclub): Ron
Write a letter to future speakers: Jason
Talk to JPL division heads: Amit

Minutes 5-23-99

Feedback on Profs:

Hunt -- didn't reply back
Cuk -- grad student is interested
Hajimira -- need to talk to

Note: we have permission to distribute flyers

Discussion of rules -- see rules
competition name: "1999 CEC Summer Competition"
we have enough money to refund ten to fifteen dollars


Dates
* 1st open meeting: Saturday June 26th
* Preliminaries: 1st Saturday in August
* Competition: 2nd Saturday of October

Commitments:

Blurb on competition: Ryan
General hype: Amit
Membership page: Ron
Constitution: Amit
General Robot Links: Ryan
Some MEGA-COOL graphic, with years of effort(or ten minutes): Amit
Create cec-excomm: Ron