2024-04-05 EOT SDC : Directors meeting

Agenda

  • New director introduction

  • WARG updates

  • SDC feedback to WARG

  • WARG feedback to SDC

Director Intros

  • Just nathan

  • Can talk about difficulty finding team leads.

Warg Updates

  • Flight testing every week with new drone.

    • Going to keep this airframe for ~ 2 years ish? probably?

    • Going to work on new airframe once this ones mechanically stable

      • yay long term vision.

  • Flying on campsu

    • watarrow had produced out a form?

    • could make it possible to fly on campus?

      • not a trip, close. any waterloo property

  • Won phase 1

  • Competition may (mid/late may ish)

    • how does CAA coverage work?

    • vehicle breaks → tow, call, they will pay for repairs

    • term transitions hard :| sucks

  • Trying to figure out how many people to bring to competition (planning 12, was 8….not sure what to choose / do)

  • New space is super nice - lots of in-person work being conducted.

    • Trying super hard to keep it clean - looking for feedback on how we’re doing and what we should improve on

  • Difficulty holding socials - not sure what other teams do?

SDC feedback for WARG

looking for feedback on:

  • shared space usage

  • bay usage

    • looks like space is being used, which is good

  • funding clarity// funds usage? or smth like that. idk are we screwing it up basically

  • Be careful buying stuff

    • bought a 3d priner that wasn’t csa approved

      • 50/50 blame

    • anything that plugs into the wall, be careful when you buy it (not from amazon)

      • able to fix 3d printer without huge cst

    • need csa approval or equivalent marking

      • on us to catch them

  • local vendors >

    • HST credit to 4%

    • 10% off just for asking

      • ask sarah

WARG feedback for SDC

  • composites room often messy

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      SDC Glass table

       

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      Co-ops

 

Co-Ops

  • WARg did not come up

  • contact == good

  • in-person good

    • don’t make it too remote for too long