We will be meeting in EB1, room 1007 tonight, starting at 7pm - social at 6:30.
I also have confirmation that Paul will be there with his demo, which will be fun to watch his contraption bang out nearly 3k digits of pi in 3 minutes! On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 11:07 PM The MacDougals <[email protected]> wrote: > I think so. > > > > Where are we meeting? > > > > ---> Paul > > > > > > *From:* Rodney Radford [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, March 01, 2020 9:10 PM > *To:* Paul MacDougal > *Subject:* Fwd: March TAR meeting... (TAR is NOT dead) > > > > Can you bring your test jig for testing out the button board, and the > solenoid push board, and associated items (scope, etc0 for a presentation > tomorrow night? I know this is short notice, but I am not going to let > another meeting slip by waiting for our new IEEE R&A chair to schedule a > meeting... > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Rodney Radford* <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 9:08 PM > Subject: March TAR meeting... (TAR is NOT dead) > To: trianglerobotics <[email protected]>, TriEmbed > Discussion <[email protected]> > > > > TAR has been meeting the first Monday of the month since early 1980s, so > over 35 years, and has always met on the first Monday of every month. Over > the years, we have had a few weather related times we had to cancel (snow, > ice, hurricane, tornado - a bit of it all), but we have never had two > missed meetings in a row until now. > > > > I apologize for that, and promise we will continue meeting on a monthly > basis again starting tomorrow - either as TAR, or as a joint TAR and IEEE > R&A meeting. > > > > Tomorrow's meeting with be a show and tell, so if you have a project to > show, please bring it. > > > > So far we have: > > > > * Rodney - showing the latest update on SoutheastCon 2020 hardware > > * Rodney - discussing some of the innovative solutions to the contest from > the 50+ teams competing (with videos and photos) > > * Rodney - discussing the very early release of the 2021 SoutheastCon > rules - would love to hear your thoughts on them, and how they can be > improved > > > > * Hopefully Paul gets this in time and can bring out his test jig for the > button board challenge (how many digits of pi can you input in 3 minutes?) > - Paul has it up to almost 3,000 digits now, carving bare milliseconds off > each button press and release > > > > * You - yes YOU - what fun project do you have you would like to discuss, > or present? This is your opportunity > > > > I look forward to the meeting tomorrow night and hope you can attend. > Attendance the last few months has dropped off a bit, and i would like to > see us revive TAR (and possibly IEEE R&A) by having a fun mixture of > practical robots (the old TAR), plus a mix of the academic (IEEE R&A). > > > > I will also open up the floor tomorrow night to look for suggestions on > what we can do to improve our meeting going forward. > > > > Meeting begins at 7pm. There will not be any pizza or drink this time, but > please show up early and we can use the time to socialize and chat. > > > > >
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