2013 Baja - Week 2

Well, I successfully completed the sponsorship proposal on time last week. It came right down to the wire, but I think draft one is a winner: http://db.tt/22IrPnlY

This week could be interesting; I may be starting a new job as a contract SolidWorks designer. We shall see. I need to write a modular cover letter for the sponsorship proposal so that it can be personalized for each contact we establish and I also need to find ten or so companies to contact for sponsorship. Our next meeting is in two weeks, so I need to make some progress on the steering design as well.

Stay dirty!

2013 Baja: It begins

Last Saturday was the first meeting of the season for the 2013 Bearcats Baja Racing Team. This meeting was pretty basic; we talked about general design parameters and limitations, goals for the year, lessons learned from last year, and also talked about sponsorship. It was a good meeting - I feel much better about the buy-in from the team now. Our next meting will be in three weeks.

This week my primary task is to get a sponsorship brochure/package/thing together so we can start asking for money. We need to raise something like $32,000 - at least - to fully fund the team this season. I'm in contact with a couple of people to get a logo designed for the team. I really like what Bearcat Motorsports (our FSAE team) did with theirs, but I want to be original as well. We'll see how that turns out.

It's looking like it'll be a good year, but there's a long way to go yet! I plan to post something each week for my own benefit, just keeping track of accomplishments and deadlines and the like, so that I have a record for myself and for future team leaders. Did I mention I'm the Team Manager/Chief Engineer?

Back in the saddle...