1. BRI Game Committee Report
BRI Board Meeting
24 January 2014
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Game Committee
Charter
Annually select Game Development Team
Oversee & Direct GDT
Establish game development policy
Members
Greg Young (Chair) Daniel Curtis
Terry Grimley Jim Walters
Steve Marum Mike Wilson
William Polanco Trey Pearson
25 January 2014
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Game Committee
Top Issues
Game Development Team Solicitation/Selection
Committee chair transition (open ended)
Requests to the BoD
$5K 2014 budget for game development support
$5K 2015 budget for game development incentive/support
Establish a policy regarding kickoff/gameday variance approvals (establish a cut-off date of July 1)
25 January 2014
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Game Committee
2014 (Bladerunner) Game Status
Slightly behind schedule
bESTology activity to start in Feb (Friends of BEST)
Proto-Kickoff & Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX
PKO – Mar 1, PG – Apr 26
Proto-Game Weekend (Hub Development) planning????
2015 Game Selection
Alumni group (ex students/mentors) from Missouri
First GDT with no associated hub
Final approval expected next week
25 January 2014
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5. BRI Software Committee Report
BRI Board Meeting
24 January 2014
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Software Committee
Charter
Negotiate/distribute annual software licensing
Game scoring software development
Default robot program (out of the box operation)
BRI and hub support tools, website tools development
Members
Greg Young (Chair) Austin Mullins
GJ Snyder Stephen Cauthen
Danny Diaz Focus Group members
Top Issues - RobotC
25 January 2014
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Software Committee 2014 Initiatives
2014 Scoring System
Integration with Registration System
Web-based scoring system development
Real-time results (as they occur)
Permanent Online results including BEST Award & Team Advancement with minimal effort by hubs (e.g., upload a file)
Paperless scorecards
User training (goal: prototype protogame)
Team Registration (Eventbrite)
Tighter integration with scoring system, BRI Dashboard and BRI website
Dashboard
Eventbrite
BRI Website
Scoring System
25 January 2014
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8. Software Committee 2014 Initiatives
2014 Hub Support
Hub website templates
Pursue hub website hosting/development tools
(e.g. Go Daddy, Hostgater, etc.)
Other (related)
Evaluate/decide on ANSYS sponsorship/offering
Mathworks Simulink compiler development for single tool solution
MathWorks off-season platform evaluation
Arduino + Raspberry-Pi + Simulink
25 January 2014
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9. BRI Board Meeting 24 January 2014
Other Topics
BRI Board Meeting
24 January 2014
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Other
Board term tracking
Suzanne Johnson (start term in 2014)
Hub Development
Michael Wienen – potential Hub Dev chair
hub blog (new hub mentoring)
Team blog – how-to’s
Public Awareness
25 January 2014
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