Hello, I wanted to send this out to let you know that you are all on V5 Team H. This is a new team this year, so you will get a new kit of parts for the robot build, and I will be getting laptops hopefully this weekend. Team Members: * Ari * Simon * Payton * Justice * Ethan This group is a 5-person team, 3 are new, and 2 are advancing from our VEX IQ program. Overall, this looks to be a good mix of students (it is a blend of 8th and 6th graders). We do need to get a parent to help with the main contact for the team. This parent (we can have more than 1, preferably 2) will get keycards/keys issued to get into the room(s) and will have access to the Teams Portal on ARMS for setting up the team meeting schedule and for helping with information / communications. There is no technical experience needed.... we had a team a few years ago that 2 mothers help facilitate and the kids did all the work... went all the way to worlds and one of our only VEX worlds award. So, really, we can have anyone helping, just need to be able to help facilitate the group. If you would be able to help with this please let me know, that is rally the first step to kicking off the team. Next steps (from there): * Setup meeting days / times * Create a Team Name * Get a game strategy * Mega Leage Schedule If you have Slack, you will be added to the #V5-61187H Channel also. This will give you a spot for quick communications, meeting reminders, etc. Being mainly new, I would suggest starting with the Hero Bot (available on the VEX Site). This is a good starter and learning tool. Get it running and then look at how to improve it or tear apart and do something different. I will try to get some manuals and Hero Bot instructions printed off this weekend. Thank you for being part of our Robotics Family! Thank you, Chad