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Project Manager's Memo
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by Jed Christiansen, Project Manager
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 s we move into the second year of this MaizeBlaze project, the team is being confronted with a world of hopes, a world of worries, and a world of deadlines. Sunrayce 99 is approaching ever closer, and we are coming ever closer to our finished vehicle. When June 20, 1999 finally
rolls around, MaizeBlaze will certainly be one of the teams to watch, and for
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of work that so many team members are already putting into MaizeBlaze. There's a reason why we rarely have answering machine messages: there's almost always someone in our office working and answering the phones!
We have several initiatives being kicked off during the following year. Our Buy-A-Cell campaign should be launched by November 1. Not only do we hope to raise more funds,
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our competitors we hope to be the car they follow.
Getting there is a long and arduous process, which we can't complete without a good team of people. We currently have nearly record numbers of students getting our test chassis ready and
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but our main goal is to involve the local community in the fun and exciting sport that Solar Car Racing can be. The team has also been working with several team alumni in informal design reviews. As our former teammates come back to see
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rolling, and many more working on the other aspects of the team. Nader Shwayhat now has a large number of BBA and MBA students from the Business School, many of whom, in addition to finding new sponsors, are hoping to make the University of Michigan Solar Car Team much more visible to corporations and the public during the upcoming year. Our body molds have
arrived and we hope to have our body parts within six weeks. These tasks can't even begin to describe the long hours
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family, friends, the University, or to recruit for their companies, many have visited us and taken a look at what we're putting onto our car. Their help is invaluable and sincerely appreciated.
Lastly, I would invite all of you to please stop by our office if you're ever in Ann Arbor. We're more than happy to show our sponsors and friends what we've been up to. Thank you all for your support, and GO BLUE!
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Alumni Clubs
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Recent Team MaizeBlaze Events
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Oct. 24 - Go Blue Brunch
Homecoming Weekend
Sept. 28 - Career Fair Mixer
Sept. 11 - Booth at Festifall
Sept. 3 - Engineering Day
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by Jed Christiansen, Project Manager
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 eginning this fall, the Solar Car Team has begun contacting Alumni Clubs along the race route of Sunrayce 99. We have had a fantastic response from all the different clubs and are looking forward to working with them over the next year. As a former member of Wolverine's Race Crew,
it is very exciting to have true fans of the University and Solar Car Team out there cheering the team on.
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