[team2039] Re: New Logo
- From: "Lesko, Kenneth R HS" <ken.lesko@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <team2039@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:26:50 -0400
My worthless two cents worth: How about Rock Bots or Rockbotics.
My valuable two cents worth:
On the Sponsorship Front: I was up against a deadline here at HS to request
funds yet this year, so I spent last night staying late here at work and
sending out the required invoices that would allow the different departments to
request their funds. The invoices totaled $11,000 and once we have our HS Site
presentation here on Oct 29 9AM there will hopefully be opportunities for
additional funding.
I received the Sponsor presentation and will review it and update the Email for
sending to the Sponsors this week. My goal is to get this out to prospective
Sponsors early next week.
Aaron Craig, Caroline Johnson and Jaime Arreguin: The three of you will need
to decide how you will break up the Sponsorship presentation into 3 parts.
My presentations skills tips:
· Know the material by heart.
· Talk to the content of the slides (DO NOT SIMPLY READ THE SLIDES, AS
I GUARANTEE YOU THE AUDIENCE CAN READ)
· Use the bullets of the slides as reminders on what to expand on in
your discussions (REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT READING THE SLIDES).
· KNOW THE AUDIENCE AND ANTISIPATE WHAT INFO THEY WANT TO HEAR.
· DO NOT HIT EVERY BULLET, BUT MAKE SURE YOU HIT THOSE KEY THOUGHTS
THAT YOU NEED TO CONVEY TO THE AUDIENCE. (At HS they will all be directors,
general managers and VPs, and they are all about efficiency and following the
money. LAST years actual costs, this years budget and what they are getting for
their investment will be of most interest to them. Talk about investing in the
Future, they love that stuff!)
· You will have less than 3 minites apeice! TIME IS MONEY, AND THERE
ARE MANY TOPICS ON THEIR AGENDA. We are first up, so if we put their whole
meeting behind schedule they will not be happy.
· DID I SAY DON”T READ THE SLIDES (Say things like the breakdown of
last year actuals can be seen on this slide. Last year it cost us $XX,XXX to
run the team, and that only included one regional event; this year we are going
back to attending 2.)
· PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
Regards,
Ken Lesko
Rockford Robotics Sponsorship Mentor
Hamilton Sundstrand Electric Systems
Systems Integrated Product Team Lead
A350XWB Ram Air Turbine System
Phone (815) 226-5135
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From: team2039-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:team2039-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Adam Czerwonka
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 9:06 AM
To: 'team2039@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [team2039] Re: New Logo
A couple of comments on this. We discussed doing this last year, but decided
against it due to name recognition at the Chicago and Milwaukee competitions.
It would be ok to have a sub theme below the name, but I would like you guys to
think about something that defines the team (most teams use their school mascot
or sponsor type themes). Since we are a community team, I think we should look
to something that reflects the Rockford Area. I have a couple of things that
might help: “Screw City”, “Forrest City”, “Rock River Valley” are some of the
names for this region. Much of our major sponsorship money comes from 2
Aerospace companies (Hamilton Sundstrand and Woodward), so aerospace and
defense type terms might also be good.
The biggest thing to keep in mind is that it should be appropriate, define the
team, fun, and not embarrass our sponsors! I seriously worked to name my high
school team “Haberdashery Hal’s Robot Gang”…. 10 years later the team is still
around. It’s lucky that they kept with my high school’s “Warhawks” theme and
are called the “Cyberhawks”. I’m in favor of fun and cool, just not unserious
and silly (we have to ask people for money while wearing the theme / name on
our clothes).
From: team2039-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:team2039-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of cspark193@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:29 PM
To: team2039@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [team2039] New Logo
Rockford Robotics,
At competitions, lots of the teams have a recognizable style, like Robot
Mafia's suits or Apple C.O.R.P.S.'s red berets. At the October 5th meeting, the
team decided to hop on the band wagon and come up with a permanent theme.
Here are a few of the ideas:
Steam Punk
Zombies
Octopus
2010 gear squid thing/ "Grump" (Talk to Aaron Craig for details)
Cavemen
Atomic Bomb
Secret Agents
Rockmen (like the ones by the river)
Ninjas
Riverbots
Pacman
New Grounds Tank
Rock and Roll
Please bring sketches of ideas for a logo, mascot, or team uniform to the next
meeting. Feel free to come up with your own team theme!
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