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Welcome to the Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group! Please get started by joining our Discord server at our website's join page if you have not already. Our website has some good info to get you started!The below instructions will walk you through the process of bootcamper onboarding!

1. Be sure you’ve read the basic information on our website’s join page ( https://www.uwarg.com/join ) as it explains what a bootcamp is and some introductory information regarding the team.

2. To verify that you are a UW student, please type: /verify or $verify in the #verification channel.

   1. For more information, including manual verification, please see https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/fvFg74UH . Being verified will let you see the rest of the channels.

   2. Please do not use the #discord-server-feedback channel for verification bot commands!

3. Change your Discord server nickname to [Firstname Lastname].

   1. Preferably uppercase the first letter and lower case the rest of your name as you would with any proper noun!

4. Add your respective subteam role first!

5. In ⁠#role-signup, grab the subteam bootcamper role(s) you're interested in!

6. Send a message in #⁠introductions! There's a pinned message you can follow as a template.

7. Decide which WARG subteam you’d like to join first! See below for our subteam descriptions.

8. Send a message in the subteam’s bootcamp channel so that the subteam leads know that you are going to start the bootcamp.

9. Go over to https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/XXyg3PdY to get started on a subteam bootcamp! Scroll

   1. In discord scroll down to find the bootcamp channel in the subteam categories.

10. Check out the links in #information and feel free to attend meetings. The meeting schedule is available on the Google Calendar and in the Events section of the Discord server. You are absolutely welcome to attend subteam meetings and/or work sessions even before you’ve completed your bootcamp.

11. After completing the bootcamp, follow these instructions to get up to speed: https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/N8Kd6UPC

12. Subteam leads will provide further direction specific to the subteam. and please direction questions their way!

Here's to putting something great in the sky! 🍻

Subteam Descriptions

Sometimes newer members aren’t sure which subteam they should try out! Feel free to read the descriptions below and ask in discord if you have further questions.

Mechanical

The Mechanical subteam works on the design, construction, and testing of remotely piloted aircraft. Team members gain exposure to the design process and make justifiable mechanical design decisions based on project limitations and requirements.

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Feel free to ping subteam leads and directors with questions as you onboard and give plenty of feedback to the process. We’re always looking to improve!

Multiple Bootcamps & Team Membership

To be a full member of WARG we require prospective members to complete a bootcamp for a single subteam. To become a member of a different subteam we request that you embark on that subteam’s bootcamp as well though of course you are already a member. Once you complete a singular bootcamp you count as a full member of the team! You are of course allowed to complete multiple bootcamps if you want to (they are good fun!) and you can do multiple bootcamps simultaneously.

Further Readings

• Bootcamp Introduction: https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/XXyg3PdY

• Discord New User Flow: New User Join Experience

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