Week 11: 2013

This week felt like it was 2 days long. We met to work on the brochure to finalize it for the team's Chicago trip. Communication has been "rough" seeing as though so many changes were asked to be made pretty last minute. We made it work, got them printed and even made business cards to hand out to give people a way to get back in contact with the team if need be. However, Thursday night, we found out that the team did not get a bid. Meaning, they weren't invited back to the competition for 2011. What this means for our capstone, I don't know. But, we've worked well with the team, done everything we could, and they remain optimistic for the next competition. Jacquie also mentioned to us that they are thinking about trying for the European Solar Decathlon competition.
My main disappointment was not that we worked all semester on something that didn't pull through in the end, but that we've seen just how hard their team has worked and how much energy and passion they've shown all to receive a "no thanks." This was interesting to us because they placed 11th out of 20 schools in 2009 and have only made significant improvements since then.
We'll see what happens.