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[sc:3dclub-intro] We missed a meeting due to weather, and so I talked about some ideas to make up the time with one of the build team members. One idea that came out of that discussion was to involve more people…

[sc:3dclub-intro] To help prepare the kids for the next meeting, I sent this email to all of the club members. The robots I’m referring to are a handful of little Maker Faire Robots () that I printed to give away…

[sc:3dclub-intro] Here’s another email from the build team explaining the schedule slip. It’s funny to see kids use words like “aggressive” used to describe the schedule, but there’s a good reason for it: I used that word and explained it…

[sc:3dclub-intro] This is one of several emails that I sent out to team advisers in order to clear up concerns about expectations and direction. Hi [accounting team advisers], As you know, my emails are usually directed toward the kids, but…

[sc:3dclub-intro] So far I’ve been doing all of the purchasing for the club — partly because I don’t want the kids to be overwhelmed, and I don’t want to burden the kids’ parents with the extra expenses that won’t be…

[sc:3dclub-intro] In an effort to trim down the team to only the most interested and motivated students and parents, I sent out this email to only the parents. With the new quarter starting up, this is probably a good time…

[sc:3dclub-intro] I’ve been attending open meetings at Splat Space, our local hackerspace, for over a year now. They’re familiar with our school build project, but I wanted to remind them that I wanted to bring in some outside help and…

[sc:3dclub-intro] One of the build team leads send out a lengthy email to the whole team. (He’s young, so it was mostly dictated.) I recognized during the previous meeting as they were developing the build schedule, that it was very…

[sc:3dclub-intro] With the new year rolling around, I wanted to express my sincere thanks to all the teachers and other adult advisers that are helping to make this club a success — and provide a little vision as well. Hi,…

[sc:3dclub-intro] I didn’t want to leave the helpful advisers out of the updates, either. Over the break I’d heard a concern about expectations and overall direction, so I wanted to provide a little more information about these things just for…