Want to also clean up ETC garage, have solar be participating
Will probably take everything out of pickle and powerwash
Status of onboarding materials
Believe first workday, no work should get done. It should be about creating a bond
Idea from Sohan
first workday with new members: icebreaker, long lunch, social after
Second workday: sit new members in front of car and have them ask questions about it. After lunch open up CAD and do the same
There should not be a long lecture at the start. People don’t learn shit and they just fall asleep
There is very little technical theory that we can teach better than a textbook or a youtube video. What we have to do is empower our members enough that they seek out these resources of their own volition
What we can teach them: engineering intuition, manufacturing principles, efficiency, curiosity, excitement
IMO there should be two stages of starter projects:
First stage: communal practice and learning
EX: Everyone CADs the same thing
Second stage: individual exploration and work
EX: Each member gets assigned a part to design and they are responsible for it from start to finish
People’s work should be basically what they will be working on on the car. Not something unrelated
Think giving new members projects on Daybreak is a good way to shorten the process for them. Don’t have to wait a year to make what they designed. They can design and then start manufacturing and then literally put it on the car
Electrical onboarding
Move away from infodump lectures
Move towards solar specific stuff
Give them documentation they can read on their own
Starter projects:
Didn’t want to be anything super in depth
A couple small boards that will still challenge them to use good design principles
Tests and drivers that need to be written
Go more on the side of tangible stuff they will have to use
1.5 workdays of onboarding before starter projects
Onboarding for 3 or 4 weeks probably
Technical timelines
Questions to consider:
To what extent are we going to modify daybreak for FSGP 2025?
Is a one-year electrical cycle feasible?
Are we retrofitting a new electrical system onto daybreak? How modular does it need to be
Are we comfortable doing design in one semester for mechanical?
One semester of design, two semester and summer of manufacturing, one semester of testing
Finish the car by end of spring break
Want three phases of initial planning:
Team Goals: a list of all
Dependency Tree
Timeline
Want the car to be finished by end of spring break
By end of winter break is too aggressive
Maybe plan an event for after spring break to force the deadline to be real
UT and A&M crossover 👀
First leads meeting
Recruiting calendar
: gone to Engineering : info session 1 @ 6:30 PM : open garage 1 @ 5:15 PM : info session 2 @ 6:30 PM : open garage 2 @5:15 PM + ops info session @ 4:30 PM (TBD) : apps due @ 5 PM : app decisions come out - : interviews : interview decisions : trial workdays : official decisions : first official workday for everyone
We have roughly a month from the start of school to the introduction of new members. Good - gives us time to plan for onboarding
But not that much time
Questions we need to answer soon
How many members per system
What criteria are we looking for in the application process
What questions are we going to ask during interviews? How common do we want them to be?
Qualitative? Quantitative? Behavioral? Technical?
Philip gerard kayla kenta should be at open garages
Open garages 5:15-8:00
Daybreak Repairs
Replace rod-ends / install new wishbones
Replace steering pillow block, install second support
Widen wheel cutouts
Replace shell-to-frame attachment
Replace canopy hinge
Replace BPS enclosure (I think)
Replace front array module (is this possible?)
The big question: How intact do we want daybreak to be during different parts of the year? Want it running for as long as possible ofc but for frame alterations for instance, it will have to be taken apart
Perhaps take the frame out halfway thru the year - give electrical time to test and do some drive days
Housekeeping
Reorganize Confluence
IMO put dates in () behind each title, easier to read
How are we going to manage additions to Daybreak made during this cycle? Put in this section or the other section
Empty out clickup and start populating with new things
IMO wait until we have a timeline and list of action items
How should we separate Daybreak tasks and nextgen tasks?
Do we want a new leads meeting format?
Feel like leads meetings weren’t super well-utilized in the past. A lot of people zoning out when it isn’t their turn, dragged on very long
Want to have more varied socials this year
More socials without alcohol
Want powergen and data acq and ergo to come to more socials
Detach the time from the car
Separate clickup board for the two cars
Differentiating between system updates and things that need to be brought up at leads meetings
Leads meetings should be only stuff other leads should know about
Division specific stuff should happen in division meetings
Schedule division meetings before leads meetings
Chief Engineer goes to division meetings, lead meetings, and two system meetings a week