[Robotgroup] New Subscriber! :)

[the balasubramanians]

I would like to respond in the case of my son, whom we joined Robot 
Group for.  Since joining a few months ago, he has received a ton of 
help from other members of the group.  My family and I have no prior 
electrical, robotic, or mechanical experience and the most I can claim 
is working on a robot kit through my industrial technology class almost 
20 years ago.  These folks have been very supportive of my son's wind 
turbine project and have gone out of their way to help him understand 
the facets of his project.  Many have brought components to the meetings 
for him to test and learn from and even one went so far and to help him 
design and fabricate a special piece that was desperately needed in 
order for him to proceed.  In short, there seems to be a lot of 
collaboration in the group.  Some aspects may not be pertinent to all of 
the group, but based on the show-and-tell at the meetings one can 
gravitate towards the people who are involved in a similar knowledge 
base or even learn who to talk to when they want to expand their 
skills.  I am very happy that we are part of this group and it has 
sparked a creative and technical spark in our family that could have 
only been ignited by being part of such a special group of people.

Stefanie B and family

Leslie Filip wrote:
> Marvin,
>
> I absolutely believe the name of the group is currently misleading,  
> but I think your suggestion is a bit extreme.
>
> Les
>
>
> On 07 Sep 2007, at 3:57 PM, Marvin Niebuhr wrote:
>
>   
>> To you all, I joined the ROBOT GROUP as a musician and visual  
>> artist inorder to robotize my work. I was delighted to find the  
>> group composed of wide variety of extremely talented technical  
>> people with varying specialties and not focused just on pure  
>> robotics. With the Basic Stamp class at our meetings, I will be  
>> able to apply the principles of robotics to my Screamin' Babyhead  
>> Band. The group really works for me and especially Vern's  
>> enthusiasms and support.  Shall we change our name to Robot Group/ 
>> Assholes, Freaks and More? Hey Brooks, what do you think?  Marvin
>>
>>
>>     
>>> From: Leslie Filip <lfilip at mac.com>
>>> Reply-To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>>> To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] New Subscriber! :)
>>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:17:08 -0500
>>>
>>> To Vern and all other concerned parties:
>>>
>>> Maybe "forewarn" was a poor but at least accurate choice of words. I
>>> spent a year and a half going to "Robot" Group meetings, waiting
>>> patiently as a new member for the robotics to begin, only to discover
>>> at the first RoboRetreat that it is not even a group specific to
>>> robotics. I was only, and I do mean ONLY, trying to let the new
>>> person know right up front what I learned the hard way. I, too read
>>> the web page and due to the name of the group, continued for a long
>>> while to believe it was indeed a robotics group. It isn't.
>>>
>>> What would you have me do? Keep my mouth shut any time I don't agree
>>> with the president or general direction of the group? Why not post
>>> your concerns openly on the mailing list for all to see and debate?
>>> Email me, call me an asshole, post it on the mailing list, but get it
>>> out there.
>>>
>>> Take Care,
>>> Les
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 7, 2007, at 2:56 PM, Vern Graner wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Les:
>>>>         
>>> <censored>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Vern Graner
>>>> President,
>>>> The Robot Group Inc.
>>>>
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