Date: 16-Jan-2018
Time: 5:00 pm (Face-to-Face)
Location: Hitchcock
Members Present: Harsh Amin (HA) , Joey Rosa (JR) , Alexandria Howell (AH), Jackie Biggins (JB)
Topics Discussed: Post Lab 1 Tasks, Strengths and Weaknesses of each member
Objective:
The meeting was focused around allocating the tasks which needed to be completed prior to Lab 2. As well, time was taken to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each member, such that when the time comes each member can perform tasks specialized towards their strengths in order to effectively complete the project.
To do/Action Items:
-U.OSU.EDU Website Update 1-(HA, JR)
-Meeting Minutes-(AH, JB)
Decisions:
-The group agreed to split into teams of two in order to complete the tasks at hand
-GroupMe is to be the primary form of member to member communication
Reflections:
-Since we were unable to all agree upon a consistent weekly discussion spot/time during the meeting, we decided to make our first upcoming task to decide on a specific weekly meeting time. In addition, we will assign specific roles, which we will do in person, and begin work on the second website update, which will be completed by Harsh and Joey.
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Date: 19-Jan-2018
Time: 2:00 Face-to-Face
Location: Morrill
Members Present: Harsh Amin (HA), Joey Rosa (JR) , Alexandria Howell (AH), Jackie Biggins (JB)
Topics Discussed: Boundaries for team
Objective:
-To get to know team members better
-Establish a team working agreement
To do/Action Items:
-Fill out team working agreement (AH)(HA)(JB)(JR)
Decisions:
-Will agree on meeting times on an as-needed basis
-Group Me is primary form of communication
-Must answer within 6 hours
-Must be active and pay attention in all labs
-Communicate effectively, especially when problems or disagreements arise
Reflections:
-We are going to have a good semester!
-We are excited about working together and it is relieving to have boundaries set.
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Date: 25-Jan-2018
Time: 2:00 Face-to-Face
Location: Morrill
Members Present: Joey Rosa (JR) , Alexandria Howell (AH), Jackie Biggins (JB)
Topics Discussed: Post Lab 2 Tasks, Lab 3 and Lab 5 preparation
Objective:
-Finish all requirements for Lab 2
-Finish Lab 3
-Prepare Lab 5
-Organize website
-Read documents to better understand AEV project
To do/Action Items:
-Lab 3 Deliverables
—including individual concept sketches
-Testing of Labs 4 & 5 in lab class
Decisions:
-Which design to use from Lab 3
Reflections:
-After this meeting we feel more comfortable about our knowledge and understanding of the AEV project because of reading and looking over the documents as a team. We also have made significant progress on catching up the labs to where we are supposed to be by next class.
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Date: 6-February-2018
Time: 2:45
Location: Hitchcock
Members Present: Harsh Amin (HA), Joey Rosa (JR) , Alexandria Howell (AH), Jackie Biggins (JB)
Topics Discussed: Ways to improve efficient and even work distribution in the future, resolved a dispute, discussed getting ahead on work
Objective: Communicate issues, brainstorm ideas for a more successful approach in future, get everyone on same page
To do/Action Items:
-Look ahead to future deliverables and begin discussing tasks ahead of time
Decisions:
-We will use google docs for all future team projects so that everyone can see what is going on, edit, revise, add comments, and contribute.
-We will plan ahead who will accomplish certain deliverables
-We will not contact each other on weekends with new information and expect immediate response or ability to complete a task
Reflections:
-We are glad we talked and that we can now prepare better in the future
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Date: 8-February-2018
Time: 3:45
Location: Hitchcock
Members Present: Harsh Amin (HA), Joey Rosa (JR) , Alexandria Howell (AH), Jackie Biggins (JB)
Topics Discussed: Role distribution for Committee meeting 1, tasks and goal finish dates for what is needed from each member, planned for Grant Proposal
Objective: Be prepared and all on the same page
To do/Action Items: Tasks for each individual required for committee meeting
Decisions:
-HR – Alex
-aR&D – Harsh
-PR – Jackie
-Stay back and catch up on lab – Joey
-Will create solidworks part for Grant Proposal, Harsh will present since the part was his idea from his design
-Everything should be done before Wednesday for each role, everyone will be dressed up, everyone will be prepared
Reflections:
-We all agreed that we feel much less stressed and understand what is needed from each of us better since we had this meeting beforehand and evenly distributed roles.
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Date: 21-Feb-2018
Time: 3:40 Face-to-Face
Location: Hitchcock
Members Present: Joey Rosa (JR) , Alexandria Howell (AH), Jackie Biggins (JB) Harsh Amin (HA)
Topics Discussed: aR&D testing, Being behind, Presentation roles
Objective:
-Gather our thoughts
-Plan how we are going to solve our AEV issues and catch up
-Assign roles for Oral Presentation
To do/Action Items:
-Talk to UTAs and GTAs about AEV issues
-Make efforts/plan time to catch up
-Assign roles
Decisions:
-Intro of presentation: Jackie
-Propeller Configuration Slides: Alex
-Caboose Testing Slides: Joey
-Final Takeaways & Plan: Harsh
Reflections:
-In the future we need to ask questions right away and not spend too much time trying to solve issues ourselves
-Assigning roles keeps us organized and accountable and we feel more prepared
-Hopefully we will be able to gain extra lab time with a GTA to catch up on aR&D
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Date: 26-Feb-2018
Time: 5:20 Face-to-Face
Location: Hitchcock
Members Present: Joey Rosa (JR) , Alexandria Howell (AH), Jackie Biggins (JB) Harsh Amin (HA)
Topics Discussed: aR&D
Objective:
-Finish aR&D tests
-Get caught up overall with the class
-Get any help from UTAs/GTAs that we need
To do/Action Items:
-Propeller Configuration testing on track
-Caboose Testing on track
Decisions:
-Before we each left, we determined who will finish up which parts of our presentation.
Reflections:
-After this meeting we feel much more caught up with the rest of the class. We finally got data that can be effectively used for our company and fixed the problems we were having with our AEV. While we were at the lab, we also clarified some things we were doing wrong with UTAs. Finally, we feel much more organized with each other when preparing for our presentation the next day.