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Historical Formats

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2022/2023

  • 10 attendees

  • Competition and travel fees fully covered

  • WARG can fully cover travel costs

  • Smaller team means everyone can more easily have an important role

  • Easier to manage

  • Less opportunity for new or non-critical members

  • Requires a stricter set of requirements to choose attendees

Proposed following 2023 Competition:

  • ~15 attendees

  • Competition and travel fees about 2/3 covered

  • Gives opportunity to new members to learn

    • hard to transfer the ‘going to comp’ experience without.. going to comp

  • Gets people hooked on the team

  • Allows more capacity for:

    • Networking with other teams

    • Spectating teams

    • Talking to/ learning from sponsors and competition ppl

    • Media coverage and handling

    • Diverse skillset

  • More difficult to organize and coordinate a large group

  • Some people may not have a dedicated role

  • Crowds the pit

  • Each attendee paying between $100-$200

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  • All attendees must have a defined role

    • It’s permissible to be there to learn however that role must be defined so everyone is on the same page

    • Everyone’s role needs to be clearly defined, communicated, and agreed upon by all parties

  • Finalize headcount (numbers) early, then figure out actual names later on.

    • Vehicles needs to be clarified and booked ASAP

    • Who ends up going is largely based on commitment which can vary over the course of months

  • Finalize key positions early

    • These are people who have long-term buildup of knowledge that are considered either irreplaceable.

    • Key positions include

      • Pilot(s)

        • Holds Pilot role.

        • Holds advanced license

        • Holds months of experience in flying with WARG

      • Ground station operator(s)

        • Holds meaningful experience working with pilot on flightline

        • Holds irreplacable technical experience

      • Manager(s)

        • Holds director role.

        • Has experience managing the team under high stres stress environments

    • Obtaining to one of these key positions will be outlined in Skillset Levelling Rubric

  • Subteam lead nomination

    • each subteam lead can nominate/select one of their team members (including themselves) to attend as a specialist for that subteam

    • this person is expected to be deeply involved in their subteam leading up to competition

    • more details to be included

  • to be continued

Selection Criteria - To be reviewed at first F23 Leads

Via 2023-08-17 EOT Meeting Minutes

Conall Kingshott R D Megan Spee to work on selection criteria post EOT S23 Leads

  • Self nomination form

  • Have leads of each subteam go through the self-nom form and select from this list

  • Will cumulate in a vote at some point if consensus cannot be reached

Decision factor

Description/example

Notes

Technical expertise (general)

Technical expertise is valued at an engineering competition. May not be as highly valued as specific project expertise, however.

Project expertise (knowledge of the specific competition)

People who have worked on the drone and associated competition elements directly (airframe design/build assembly, electronic wiring, sensor integration, etc)

Future team membership/ leadership potential

Value for newer members attending may be very high if they have interest in staying on the team for a while or taking on leadership positions in the future.

Teamwork-oriented

May include communication, responsiveness to feedback, ability to collaborate and manage conflict. Has team’s best interest in mind.

Cross-team (diverse) involvement

Someone who can perform multiple different duties (as circumstances require).