Meeting Notes 10/2/09

1) Next week’s meeting will be 2PM in the EB atrium. I (Zack) will not be able to come, so Raquel will head up the meeting.

2) Fund-Raising. Please check your Inbox, and reply ASAP.

3) I”ll need some volunteers with the Edwardsville Halloween parade. The parade will be Saturday October 31 (in the evening). Clear your calendars!

4) SPEED TEST! When we complete a) Roll bar b) Floor pan c) Tires changed d) new Solar Panel Frame and e) communications, I would like to do a SPEED TEST. We’ll take a lead and chase vehicle, along with the solar car, out to South University Drive, and see how fast we can get the car to go! Let’s set a tentative date, October 23 for the test.

5) Thanks to the following people for volunteering to help on October 25 with the middle school kids: Keith, Jake, Dan. Thanks guys!

6) People/projects/ETA’s:
Alex, Jordan, Casey — changing tires. (acquiring tire-changing equiptment, hoping to have new tires on the wheels tires by next Friday.)
Wires (ordering) — Zack, Dustin
Frame Design –Mike– preliminary designs complete. Hardware being ordered, hoping for completion in ??2 weeks?
MECHANICAL REPORT–Andy, Kyle– Unfortunate setbacks due to old Solar Car’s missing files starting from scratch on new CAD designs, but the final results should be neat!
Fund Raising — (see emails)
SIUE Presentation –Zack — Powerpoint finished, presentation to Dean Savim complete. Final presentation to Nobby Emmanuel next week, on Friday. Wish me luck!
Communications –Keith, Megan– parts need ordered. ETA, 3 weeks? (in time for SPEED TEST?!!)
Roll Bar — Alex, Jason M. — Work in progress. Design goal? Oct 9? Construction goal, Oct 16?
Carbon Fiber — Raquel and Brock — initial floor pan complete, not cured yet.
Corporate fund-raising (ongoing) — Eden, Amanda, Val