The Baltimore Area Alliance (BAA) a Model for FIRST

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The Baltimore Area Alliance(BAA) a Model for
FIRST

• Paul Harris
• BAA, Facilitator
• Mentor Team 1727 REX

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BAA Teams

• 007  - Parkville High School768   - Woodlawn
  High School888   - Glenelg High School1719 -
  Park School1727 - Dulaney High School1748 -
  Dunbar/Patterson High School1893 - Baltimore
  Polytechnical Institute1980 - Aberdeen High
  School 2199 - Liberty High School2528 - Western
  High School

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BAA Mission

• The Baltimore Area Alliance (BAA) is a coming
  together of FIRST teams in the Baltimore
  metropolitan area for the express purpose of
  promoting gracious professionalism and the
  success of all Baltimore area teams.
• The founders of the BAA had a vision of sharing
  expertise across all the teams in our region, to
  raise the level of competencies and skills across
  a wide range, thereby improving the developmental
  experience for all students involved in FIRST.

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BAA Purpose

• While some teams excel in technical areas and
  others in fund raising and others in student
  management and decision making, it is the vision
  of the BAA, to facilitate a sharing of each of
  these perspectives with all who choose to be
  involved.
• Toward this end the BAA sponsors education, holds
  an off-season event and meets regularly.

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Education Program Benefits

• Sharing of information to help all BAA teams
  compete at a higher level.
• Provide a common background to allow better
  mentoring and assistance across BAA members.
• Make limited resources available to a wider group
  of teams and students
• Develop students speaking and presentation
  abilities
• Leadership development
• Team Building

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Education Programs Past Future

• Systems Thinking/Management
• Time Management
• Action Plans and their use
• Programming
• Orientation Camera 101
• Advanced Best Code Contest
• Drive Train Design
• Electrical Control and Design
• Machinist Tips and Techniques 101
• Device Design
• Arms
• Shooters

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Additional Features

• Video Tape Sessions
• Produce these to share with BAA teams via
  internet. Work out a way to share with FIRST
  Teams worldwide.
• Speaker Development For those students who
  participate, they would have the choice of
  meeting with a speaking coach on how to improve
  their presentation skills.

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Coding Contest (new concept)

• Hold an Advanced Programming Seminar
• Held after Atlanta each year
• Code submitted to independent mentor programmers
  for judging
• Segments of code presented by teams for
  consideration for award.
• Best innovation in programming award to be given
  to team/individual at the end of the meeting
• All code to be shared with all teams

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Additional Education Topics

• Easy C programming
• The art and science of shipping and
  transportation
• Basic crate building
• Cart building
• Everything involved with setting up, using and
  maintaining safe pit areas during competitions
• Lessons Learned/After Action Reports and how to
  benefit from them.

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Shared Fund Raising

• Outback Steak Night
• Done twice to date
• At the start of build season
• Donated dinners 500-600
• Each team given equal number of tickets to sell
  at 20 per ticket.
• All proceeds back to the team that sells the
  tickets
• Silent auction held in conjunction
• Team demo tables and robot demo area.

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Outback Night 2008 Video
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Off Season Event
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Battle O Baltimore
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Battle O Baltimore 2007
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Fall Education Program

• Sponsored by the Community College of Baltimore
  (Thank you Dennis Faber)
• All presenters donated time
• Many were done by students
• Saturday afternoon
• 4 Tracks
• Video Taping (Carver High School project)

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November 17, 2007 Education
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Parts Machining Access

• CCBC and BAA team up to give schools access to
  machining of parts.
• Send in electronic request with all
  specifications for part in Autodesk Inventor.
• Ron Karpinski screened all requests and routed
  them to CCBC machine staff.

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The Future

• Its very bright
• Continued sharing of resources
• Off season event BOB 2008
• Fall Education November 2008
• Joint Fund Raising January 2009
• Post competition awards May 2008

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Thanks

• Jenny Beatty
• Brian Bruneau
• Mike Dennis
• Mark Eastman
• Ron Karpinski
• Robin Fred Needel
• Glenn Reed
• Dean Sheridan