About Us
The Westwood Robotics Club is a student organization filled with enthusiasm aimed to promote and express an interest in engineering. The Westwood Robotics Club has come a long way through the years. Every season we continue to grow and our hunger for learning and competition always increases. Eager to always do the best, our diverse yet unified group of students and mature leadership escalate us to the top. Without a doubt, Westwood Robotics is a passionate club and shows nothing but the best.
History
Our club was founded many years ago, back before any of our current members were at Westwood. Ancient records revealed that at this time in our history the Westwood Robotics Club had participated actively in the BEST robotics competition, although we do not know much else. Just like many great civilizations before it, suddenly the club and its glory vanished, leaving very little behind. In 2007 Collin Buchan and Eric Wood joined up to resurrect the club, determined to keep it from fading away ever again. Before long many other students started following them, and within the first month they had the manpower they needed to realize their vision of the club's future. Harnessing the finest brainpower Westwood had to offer, we were once again on track, taking on the annual BEST challenge in stride. But that only served to fan the flames of our passion for robotics, and before long we were hungry for more action. With a little bit of research we came across F IRST, but it was going to cost too much, and we weren't sure if we would ever stand a chance. But with some encouragement and a sponsorship from 3M we were soon on our way to where we are now. The dark ages of yore are gone, replaced by a new golden era of Westwood Robotics where the sky's the limit!
Club Structure
President:
- Oversees all officer decisions and deals with administration relations
- Runs the meetings
- Plans team agendas
- Ensures that teams stay on task
- Liaison between administration, parents, teachers, and students
Vice President:
- Runs meetings in the absence of the President
- Cooperates with president to make sure team runs smoothly
Secretary:
- Records meeting minutes
- Administers the meetings
- Undertakes role of club historian
- In charge of notebook/team essays compilation and delegation of individual parts
- Director of Chairman’s award objectives (for F.I.R.S.T.)
- Records goals of the club
Parliamentarian:
- Supervises enrollment of team members
- Supervises team assignments and relocations between teams
- Compiles Team demographic data
- Records attendance for each meeting
Treasurer:
- Signs all checks
- Works closely with Event and Sponsorship divisions of the Promotional team
- Cooperates with officers and team leaders to partition the budget for the club
- Assumes the financial responsibility of the club
Sponsor:
- Hosts club in classroom (sometimes)
- Helps students plan and organize project
- Provides guidance
Mentors:
- Provide insight gained from experience working in specific field
- Attend meetings occasionally to help students
- Give students information about engineering careers