Newsletter #22

May 23, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers:

Final parents meeting of the year is this Friday at 6pm.  I am hoping for a strong turnout so that we can plan our summer fundraising activities. The following are the items highlighted in this newsletter:

1.       Final Parents Meeting – May 24, 2013 at 6pm

2.       Deep Sea Fishing Trip – August 10, 2013

Newsletter Details:

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1.       Final Parents Meeting – May 24, 2013 at 6pm – The final parents meeting of the year will by May 24, 2013 and will start at 6pm.  Attendance at this meeting is just as important as the first meeting of the year. We will review the Robotics Club results from the 2012-2013 season and we will discuss summer fundraising activities.  It will be critical to get a jumpstart on fundraising due to the fact that we will no longer be eligible to receive the school grant that has covered about 30% of the cost of the club.  We would like to continue to keep the club dues low but it will require everyone to contribute to the fundraising activities.  The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Review Robotics Club Financials

Review Robotics Club 2012-2013 Goals and Accomplishments

Open Discussion – Summer and Fall Fundraising Ideas

Logistics for Yellow Book Fundraiser

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2.       Deep Sea Fishing Trip – August 10, 2013 – Anyone interested in joining the Boy Scouts on a Deep Sea fishing trip on August 10, 2013.   Anyone interested in attending should send Rich Berglund (roboticscoach@gmail.com) and email with the total number of people that will be attending.  The following is the detail about the fishing trip:

When: Saturday August 10th – Boat leaves the dock at 8:30 am Sharp! returns around 5 pm

Where: Queen Fleet Deep Sea Fishing – 25 Causeway Blvd #52, Clearwater, FL 727-446-7666

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Cost: The cost for the private charter is $2,800 that includes all taxes, bait, and tackle. The boat will fit up to 60 people comfortably so we need to get 60 people to get the cost to about $48 per person.

Parking: Parking at the marina is $4 per car and is NOT included in the above cost. So, as many people that can car pool the less cost parking will be.

What to Bring: we will be bringing coolers so everyone can bring a lunch and snacks OR you can buy food on the boat (bring $$). We will be bringing bottled water as well. Bring sun block, hats, fish rags, and something to bring the fish home in. Bring your fishing merit badge worksheets so you know what you need to complete it!

Fish Cleaning: Is NOT included in the cost, you can take them home whole, clean them yourself, or pay the mates to clean them for about $.40 a fish or so. If you need to clean a fish to qualify for fishing merit badge it can be done here.

We will need to pay them a 50% deposit no later than July 26th, so we will have to have all money collected no later than this date! I suggest you have all money in no later than the July 15th Troop meeting! Please plan and sign up ASAP so we can get count to more accurately estimate what the cost will be.

There will be NO REFUNDS after July 15th!

Newsletter #21

May 13, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers:

Happy Mother’s Day. I hope everyone had a great mother’s day yesterday. I feel very lucky because I have a wife that wanted to go to the Rays baseball game. We got to see a Rays win and Beckie received the Mother’s Day flower pot giveaway at the game.

We want to get a jumpstart on fundraising for next year and we have many parents starting to organize fundraisers. Most of the emails you will received from me in the next 3 months will be about fundraising activities. To help organize and seek input we will have our final parents meeting of the year on May 24th in Mr. Mead’s classroom. The following are the items highlighted in this newsletter:

1.       Final Parents Meeting – May 24, 2013 at 6pm

2.       Garage Sale Fundraiser – June 14-15, 2013

Newsletter Details:

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1.       Final Parents Meeting – May 24, 2013 at 6pm – The final parents meeting of the year will by May 24, 2013 and will start at 6pm.  Attendance at this meeting is just as important as the first meeting of the year. We will review the Robotics Club results from the 2012-2013 season and we will discuss summer fundraising activities.  It will be critical to get a jumpstart on fundraising due to the fact that we will no longer be eligible to receive the school grant that has covered about 30% of the cost of the club.  We would like to continue to keep the club dues low but it will require everyone to contribute to the fundraising activities.  The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Review Robotics Club Financials

Review Robotics Club 2012-2013 Goals and Accomplishments

Open Discussion – Summer and Fall Fundraising Ideas

Logistics for Yellow Book Fundraiser

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2.       Garage Sale Fundraiser – June 14-15, 2013 – Rich Berglund will be holding a garage sales fundraiser at his house in Bloomingdale (4401 Merrick Run Lane, Valrico).  The garage sale will be held 7am-2pm on June 14 and 15. If you have items to donate, please send an email to Rich Berglund (roboticscoach@gmail.com) to arrange delivery to the garage sale.  The following is a list of items needed for the garage sale:

·         Garage Sale items – the more stuff we have the more we can sell.

·        Folding Tables (will make it easier than on ground)

·        Garage Sale signs (3-4 to put out on street).

·        Water to sell (I have cooler)

·        Ice for cooler

·        People to work the sale, sell water, Demo the robot(s), etc.

Intent is to sell everything, even at discount.  After sale on Saturday, we will take all leftovers to Goodwill. If you have any ideas/comments/suggestions, please let us know. This is another great opportunity to participate in the robotics club fundraising requirements.

Newsletter #20

May 13, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers: The following are the other items highlighted in this newsletter: 1.       Yellow Book Fundraiser 2.       Final Parents Meeting – May 24, 2013 at 6pm 3.       End of Year Party – June 8, 2013 Newsletter Details: ———————————————— 1.       Yellow Book Fundraiser – We had a strong response to the [...]

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Newsletter #19

May 13, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers: The following are the other items highlighted in this newsletter: 1.       Sponsor Appreciation Event – May 2, 2013 2.       Yellow Book Fundraiser 3.       Minimum Fundraising Requirements 4.       Final Parents Meeting – May 24, 2013 at 6pm 5.       End of Year Party Newsletter Details: ———————————————— 1.       Sponsor Appreciation Event [...]

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Newsletter #18

April 30, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers: Congratulations to FTC Team 3846 Maelstrom for being the Edison Division World Champions and coming in 2nd place at the FIRST World Championships, bringing home more hardware for Middleton’s robotics trophy case. Team 3846 made it through the qualifying rounds in second place with a record of 7 [...]

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Newsletter #17

April 23, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers: Good luck to FTC team 3846 Maelstrom as the head to the FIRST World Championships tomorrow morning. I would like to thank everyone that participated in the Chick-fil-a and the TigerFest Yard Sale fundraisers.  The TigerFest Yard Sale contributed $450 to the robotics club and we are still [...]

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Newsletter #16

April 14, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers: Even though our robotics season is coming to an end, it is important that all of teams continue to focus on their community  outreach and fundraising activities.  It is important that we get a jumpstart on fundraising for next year and we still need to help fund sending [...]

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Newsletter #15

April 13, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers: Even though our robotics season is coming to an end, it is important that all of teams continue to focus on their community outreach and fundraising activities. It is important that we get a jumpstart on fundraising for next year and we still need to help fund sending [...]

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Newsletter #14

April 13, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers: We have two events remaining in our 2012-13 robotics season: (1) Team 3846 Maelstrom will be attending the FIRST World Championships April 24-27 and (2)the VEX Robotics 2013-14 game design should be announced next week at the VEX World Championships. The Middleton Robotics Club has participated in 21 [...]

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Newsletter #13

March 9, 2013

Middleton Robotics Parents, Students, Sponsors, & Volunteers: We are nearing the end of the robotics season.  The Florida FTC season ended last Saturday and two weeks ago we attended our final VEX tournament. Therefore, we will soon need to plan our end of the year celebration and start planning for next year.  However, before that [...]

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