This Page is for planning out our most unified, informative, and engaging fall recruitment / onboarding process ever!
Recruitment
Sessions We Will Run
Session / Tutorial | Format | Lead | Assisted By | Date(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Student Design Team Showcase | Chill at the bay and talk to students | Zach (Not that there is much to lead) | As many people as possible | September 7th from 3-5pm | The Bay / SDC |
Info Session | 1 1h? meeting | Delaney | Technical leads, others free to come hang out. | September 14th from 7-8pm (with buffer / bay time after) | E7 4417 |
First General Meeting | usual 1h meeting, go to bay afterwards | Delaney | N/A | September 22nd, Thursday 7pm | E7 4th floor |
Model Rocket! | full weekend, you know the deal | Nahvid with advisory/help from kyle | Anyone who can | September 24th / 25th | Ideas Clinic / Texas |
GitHub Tutorial | 1 in-person session | Kavin | Anyone who knows Git | Tuesday, sept 27th 7pm? | |
KiCAD Tutorial | 2? in-person sessions, follow along at home guide | Chamath | Zach, Jared officially, anyone else who knows KiCAD appreciated | Wednesday, sept 28th, Oct 5th 7:00? | |
Electronics 101 tutorial | ??? about ours, or electronics in general? | Jared | Zach, Chamath? | Wednesday, sept 21st, 7:00 | |
RocketCAN tutorial | 1 1-2h presentation | Zach | |||
SolidWorks tutorial | 2 2h sessions (written install guide) | Matti/Michael | Zhenbo, Nhavid | Monday sept 26th, Oct 3rd 6:00-8:00pm | Computers room |
Rockets for Dummies | After a general meeting | Roman | |||
Plumbing Tutorial | hands on, valve disection, P&ID | Michel | ABM | Bay / common area? | |
Composites tutorial | material prep the day before, a few hours? day of | Gavin | Sept 23rd | ||
Events for 1st years to help with
Event | When | |
|---|---|---|
Cold flow? | ||
Async 1 on 1 learning to do
Thing | Main Person | Others who can run |
|---|---|---|
Soldering | Zach | |
Firmware | ||
Sewing | ||
Even more solidworks! |
Timeline
Week | Events |
|---|---|
Sept 5-11 | Showcase |
Sept 12-18 | Info Session |
Sept 19-25 | Electronics 101, Composites tutorial, Model Rocket, first general meeting |
Sept 26 - Oct 2 | Git, KiCAD 1, Solidworks |
Oct 3-9 | KiCAD 2, Solidworks |
Oct 10-16 | Reading Week |
Oct 17-23 | Midterms? |
Oct 24-30 | Midterms? |
Oct 31 - Nov 6 | RocketCAN, plumbing? |
Documentation
Currently the team manual is quite long and dense, I want to split it up into a series of shorter pages that make the info more approachable. This stuff also isn’t for some government contract, it’s for new members who are here to have fun and learn, so we should write it that way. As long as it’s generally respectful and easy to follow, it’s ok if you have jokes or write in the first person, documentation is often much more interesting if it reads somewhat like a novel.
Potential New structure: starts from a big link on the home page
Welcome to waterloo rocketry! (a bit about the team, what we do)