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 * Communicating with and recruiting sponsors
   * Website
   * Social media (Facebook, Instagram)
   * Reach out to returning sponsors with mail in Fall
 * Writing grant proposals
 * Fundraising (e.g. Chipotle fundraiser)
 * Outreach
 * Chairman's award application
 * Entrepreneurship award application
 * Informational brochures for judges
 * Informational brochures for sponsors
 * T-shirts and giveaways
 * Banners, flags
 * Getting sponsor logos on robot
 * Videography (if a student is interested)

[[BR]] Things to do for Operations Team by Month: [[BR]]

**Remember/Recommendations** [[BR]]•Have a 10-20 minute meeting in the beginning to update each member of ops[[BR]] •Set up deadlines and refresh them every 2 weeks or a month[[BR]] •Keep in constant update with Chief Delphi related to Ops things[[BR]] •Specify tasks for each students & mentors[[BR]]   •I.e. Newsletter people focused on newsletter, Social media people focused on social media

Summer[[BR]]

'''July'''[[BR]] •Plan and Brainstorm for future tasks, outline, goals, ideas, prospects[[BR]] •Prepare for outreach activities[[BR]] •Settle on logo/fundamental team marketing items[[BR]] •Work on theme for Fall training[[BR]] •Begin work on an operations procedures document?

'''August''' [[BR]]•Check & Reorganize Website and Social Medias [[BR]]•Outreach bin check-up and organization [[BR]]*Check what we have and how much we have [[BR]]*Find out where things that should be in the bin are and get them in the bin [[BR]]•Plan for inter-subteam project [[BR]]*I.e. LED Spirit panel to use in the competition (co-op with electrical) [[BR]]•Finalize the curriculum for Fall Training [[BR]]•Finish operations procedures document?

Fall

'''September''' [[BR]]•Sponsor Relations ($$ and support)[[BR]]   ◦Send out emails [[BR]]•Set up plans to expand our access to capital[[BR]]   ◦Gaining new sponsors[[BR]]   ◦Specific fundraisers [[BR]]•Organize team members & their interest => assign specific tasks for each of them [[BR]]•Start on designs and spirit items [[BR]]•Begin monthly review video series?

'''October''' [[BR]]•Choose subgroup leads(Business, Outreach, Marketing) [[BR]]•Spirit ORDER[[BR]]   ◦T-shirt (Tech Booster)[[BR]]   ◦ID tags?[[BR]]   ◦Who’s the mascot? [[BR]]•Designs ORDER=> Decide which to continue [[BR]]◦Brochures [[BR]]   ◦Pin [[BR]]   ◦Banner [[BR]]   ◦Business card, microfiber wipes, stickers, pens…… [[BR]]   ◦Brainstorm for ideas? [[BR]]•Award write-ups Decision ([http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/awards]) [[BR]]   ◦Woodie Flowers [[BR]]   ◦Chairman’s? [[BR]]   ◦Dean’s List (mentors) [[BR]]   ◦Entrepreneurship award [[BR]]   ◦Media & Tech?

'''November''' [[BR]]•Follow up with each tasks [[BR]]•Begin Award Writeups/ Award Writeups Initiation [[BR]]•Design marketing materials

Winter

'''December''' [[BR]]•Follow up with each tasks [[BR]]•Begin Business Plan [[BR]]•Newsletter [[BR]]•Outreach activities [[BR]]•Order the marketing materials we can [[BR]]•Brainstorm how things would be and what should be done for and after the kickoff

'''January''' [[BR]]•KICK OFF!!! (Make time for members to participate in design process) [[BR]]•Begin weekly update video series for [YouTube] [[BR]]•Spirit items related to the theme of the game that year [[BR]]•Final review of award write ups

'''February''' [[BR]]•Submit award write ups [[BR]]•Follow up with each tasks [[BR]]•Begin competition documents

Spring

'''March''' [[BR]]•Finalize and print competition documents [[BR]]•Get photos of the bot [[BR]]•Check each item to take for the competition [[BR]]•Prepare for any competition presentations/ speaking to judges

'''April''' [[BR]]•Get organized for regional events [[BR]]•Check & organize outreach bin [[BR]]•Plan out who writes which article for the wrap up newsletter [[BR]]•Review the year: What worked and went well, what failed and went poorly

'''May''' [[BR]]•Check for the 8th grade orientation and plan [[BR]]•Write article for wrap up newsletter

'''June''' [[BR]]•Wrap up the wrap up Newsletter [[BR]]•Begin preparations for the next year

**Things to constantly check & update**: [[BR]]•Website [[BR]]   ◦Newsletter [[BR]]   ◦Errors [[BR]]•Social media [[BR]]   ◦Photos & videos(Instagram) [[BR]]   ◦Taggings & outreaching [[BR]]   ◦YouTube videos [[BR]]•Newsletter [[BR]]•Sponsor relations [[BR]]   ◦Sponsor activities [[BR]]   ◦Email checks [[BR]]   ◦Sponsor $$ & support [[BR]]•Team relations [[BR]]   ◦1885 [[BR]]   ◦5945 [[BR]]   ◦5979 [[BR]]   ◦?? [[BR]]•Outreach activities [[BR]]   ◦Authorization to participate [[BR]]   ◦Dates [[BR]]   ◦Volunteers [[BR]]   ◦Materials (robots, brochures, pins, drive station, etc.) [[BR]]•Photo updates into the Shared Google Drive [[BR]]•Co-op tasks with other subteams

'''Past Sponsors'''

 * NSA
 * BAH
 * Leidos
 * Bright Minds
 * DoD STEM
 * Grace
 * Hackground
 * Netzer Metalcraft
 * Howard County Public Schools
 * Maryland Space Business Roundtable
 * PTR Group
 * Clear Shark
 * Ramparts