Rose Float is building this summer, come out and get involved in building “Jungle Cuts” the 2010 Cal Poly entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade.

We will be working at the lab on Thursdays and Fridays all summer long.  Check the maps section of our website and come out and see us.   We typically start around 10 am and work most of the day.  Wear long pants, closed toed shoes and we’ll get you started welding, cutting, machining…No experience necessary.

If you haven’t seen what we’re building this year, check it out…

Fall is an exciting time for Rose Float!  Construction is in full-swing, flowers have been planted here on campus, final decorating decisions are being made and the parade is just over 3 months away.

Here’s a quick update of recent events and activities:

- On Tuesday, we planted over 8000 plugs of asters and marigolds for this year.  Can anyone even remember the last time we planted the Cal Poly Rose Float Flower Field?

- Our golf cart based satellite vehicle is mechanically sound and has been spotted making random trips around campus.  Look for it, it’s the only 1 person golf cart on campus.

- Construction of the Parachute Drop over-height mechanism is 90% complete and work is in full swing on our fully functional roller coaster.

- In mid-august, we passed our first Mechanical Inspection from the Tournament of Roses without any open items - Way to Go Team!

As if all of that wasn’t enough, things pick up here fast.  On October 25th, the San Luis Obispo half of the float will move to Pomona and our next inspection is only 3 weeks after that on November 15th.  Come out and get involved, Saturdays are not only construction days at the lab but there is work to be done at the Flower Field as well.

We’ll be at the WOW Block Party this Friday, September 19th in the UU Plaza - Come take a swing on the High Striker and say “HI”

Sporting a little love for Tony Stark…the team was sooo excited when that movie came out. A chunk of us stood in that line stretching up the stairs, past Jamba Juice and the Barnes & Noble windows to see opening night. Iron Man has grossed $537,214,903 worldwide (and an average of $6.88 per ticket) thats ….gotta bust out the TI83….78,082,980 people!! Pretty comparable to the 40+million Americans that watch the Rose Parade on TV, but no where near the estimated 400 million worldwide viewers.

Sorry Tony, looks like you can’t beat the Rose Parade. Hee hee we’re better

Shawna pulled this pic together, the latest in her promotional creative brainstorming. I’d like to get the flower/welder up here too

So, what do you think?

P.S. yes…..come build….build…build! over summer at the RoFl lab on Mt Bishop Rd. Open lab days will be posted soon.

You deserve a break….so join us at the Beach!

THIS SATURDAY First-ever Sandcastle Building Contest

Meet at the Rose Float Office (UU-209) at 11:30 am to carpool over to Avila Beach!
Bring sunscreen, snacks/lunch, your beach gear: towels, shovels & pails…etc
Sorry rules say no outside items in the contest, found objects only.

We want you input!

Submit ideas to name the next float and/or suggest it’s theme song, then we’ll give you a rootbeer float during our “Float for a Float” event at UU-hour on April 24th in the University Union Plaza.

Need inspiration? Check some of the lastest designs! conceptartposter.jpg

Can’t visit then? We are asking for ideas at our booth during Open House on Sat, April 19th (10a.m.-4p.m.). We are across from the library, just look for the big blue frame, or our tall highstriker:)

Still can’t visit? Comment here, stop by the office (UU209 on UU2ndFloor) or e-mail rfleaders@asi.calpoly.edu to enter you ideas.

In early May the team will teleconference with Pomona to decide the winning title & song. During Pasadena’s Rose Parade, the name is prominently displayed on the front and in the program while the song is played as Cal Poly’s float drives down the parade route. Hopefully your idea will cruise down Colorado Blvd on Jan 1st 2009 in front of millions!

Happy (or miserable) Dead Week to all! Only one more day! “Dead week” was phrase I had never heard before attending Cal Poly, like “crashing classes” I had to figure out what it meant. What other Cal Poly phrases have you discovered?
Stop the tangent & onto the to good stuff…

SAT LAB: BUILDING OPEN HOUSE FLOAT & more organizing
Saturday, March 15. 10am - we done having fun (6ish), Lunch Provided

Rose Float Lab off Mount Bishop Road. Look for map under, files, on rosefloatinfo webpage

This is Saturday #1 of 2 we have to build our float for the Open House Parade on April 19th. Now that our float-half is home (quick thanks to those who came by)…we will use our float skills to make a “hippie bus” as our part of “Destination: Cal Poly!” The choice was made at an earlier Thursday Team Meeting, inspired by rose floater fans of “Across the Universe.” We just acquired a couch for it too

No experience necessary! Things we might do:

• weld the steel frame that gives the bus shape
• figure out where to put the couch, so we can lounge once we’re parked
• design how/where to put windows, wheels….how does our float turn into a bus?
• hunt for sheets to paint and make the bus’ “skin”

SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK with Pomona’s team - DAY TRIP FOR “RESEARCH”
Saturday, March 22 around 8am - 8pm

Finals are over, so let’s go play!! It’s a great chance to have fun with our Pomona team too. We will carpool up to the Boardwalk for a day of fun, gathering pictures and ideas for our upcoming Joint (SLO&Po) Design Meeting (that’ll establish what we want to have on
this year’s float). Let’s Review: Tournament of Roses approved 4 of 5 concepts we submitted and Leadership on both campuses voted to use “Seaside Amusement” as basis for the 2009 float. Two more joint meetings will “flesh out” that concept into our specific float. And we need ideas!

Pictures wanted!!!Send your fave pics/ideas for the 2009 boardwalk/seaside carnival. We want them for inspiration in our joint design meeting.
Send to bdixon@calpoly.edu by Tuesday, March 25th
Info for Boardwalk trip:
http://www.beachboardwalk.com/

• Entrance is FREE!
• You can buy a pass for rides, attractions (online discount in advance:)
• Rides open 11am - 8pm.
• Carpools leave Cal Poly around 8am. Drivers wanted
• Drive yourself on your way to spring break
• Tell us your coming, e-mail rflead…@asi.calpoly.edu so we can rendezvous
• Pack the basics: layers, sunscreen, food or money,camera, beach blanket optional

MARK YOUR CALENDAR - A Month’s Worth of Rose Float Goodness
Sat Mar 15 - LAB in SLO: Build Mini Float, Part 1. 10am @ Lab on Mt.Bishop Road
Sat Mar 22 - Research Trip to Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Sun Mar 29 - Joint Leadership Meeting in SLO: Design (team members can visit)
Tues Apr 1 - Spring Quarter Starts
Sat Apr 5 - Joint Leadership Team Meeting in SLO: DDC (team members visit)
Th Apr 10 - Team Meeting: Informational Ice Cream Social, 8pm @ UU220
Sat Apr 15 - Build Mini Float for Open House,part 2. 10 a.m. @ Lab on Mt.Bishop Road
Sat Apr 19 - Come visit us at Open House

LAST WEEKEND RECAP
Thanks to all those who came out and helped Move the float last weekend.
The crew that went to Pomona, had the temp axle on and running in 2hours! Bre napped on a box, were done by 11am Sat. They then went and researched rollercoaster building, took a mini-golf break at Scandia, and discovered headquarters for ICEE
The SLO team painted a table, cleared space, and Katie drove the float
in, first time ever!!!

Feed me…QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS
Thanks for reading!
Chrystal Tipping
Program Relations Lead

Winter Quarter winds down and whips us into a frenzy as we try to finish projects, papers and pass tests. So, it’s a perfect time to take a break from those treacherous studies and come play with us!

LAST TEAM MEETING OF WINTER QUARTER… TONIGHT
Thursday, March 06, 2008 – 8pm @ UU216
Get updated on the latest in float land, learn about upcoming events, and get involved by brainstorming the mini-float & booth decorations for Open House’s “Destination Cal Poly” OR preparations for our entry in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life this May.

THE FLOAT IS COMING HOME!!
This Saturday, SLO’s back half (including the drive engine) takes the 240 mile trip back home after almost 5 months down in Pomona. It’s the event that completes the year that was Guardians of Harmony, our first fantasy trophy. Sadly it’s been broken down (deconstructed) back to the bare frame for transport. It’s fun to watch Gary (the only man who can) untie & unload the float, and that forklift dance!! Did you know the frame rides backwards?

Help wanted preparing in Pomona:
Friday Carpools leave 4pm @ Campus Market AND 7pm @ Campus Market (Reserve by noon on Friday)

Much to do to prep the float & tool trailer for Saturday’s travel back. Grab your overnight bag and come down to the late night work party at Po’s Lab! We like the late night giddiness. More that help, faster it goes. Anyone can help, possibilities include:
~ bolting on the temp axle
~ connecting hydraulic hoses
~ hunting for SLO tools stained red
~ taking inventory of the tool trailer
~ changing tires
By noon on Saturday, everything is loaded and on the road….our duty is done.

Help receiving, designing, organizing in SLO’s Lab
Saturday, March 8th - 2pm @ Rose Float Lab on Mount Bishop Road

Join the crew that welcomes our float home! Although traffic can never guarantee when the float arrives, we want to be there waiting. Plus, someone’s gotta drive it off the truck bed and into lab! There’s always something to do at lab for everyone, possibilities include:
~ finish installing new pallet racks
~ sort out old supplies, find the keepers a new home
~ help deco/design spruce up their room
~ help plan steel structure for Open House mini-float
~ figure how to install and mount new speakers, we need music!
Doubt it’ll be a long day, peeps will likely wander away by 8pm, maybe 6pm

MARK YOUR CALENDAR – A Month’s Worth of Rose Float Goodness
Sat Mar 15 - LAB in SLO
Sat Mar 22 - Research Trip to Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Sun Mar 30 – Joint Leadership Meeting in SLO: Design 09 Float (team members can visit)
Tues Apr 1 – Spring Quarter Starts
Sat Apr 5 – Joint Leadership Team Meeting in SLO: DDC(team members can visit)
Th Apr 10 - Team Meeting: Informational Ice Cream Social, 8pm @ UU Bishops Lounge
Sat Apr 15 - Build Mini Float for Open House, 10 a.m. @ Lab on Mt. Bishop Road
Sat Apr 19 - Come visit us at Open House

Feed me…QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS
Feel free to comment/reply, e-mail, phone me

Thanks for reading (if you go this far)
Chrystal Tipping
Program Relations Lead
Cal Poly Rose Float
c/o University Union
Associated Students, Inc.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
o: 805.756.1268
f: 805.756.7723
rfleaders@asi.calpoly.edu

At Banquet Saturday we officially started the new year (!!) & announced a Program Relations/Marketing dept. in the Rose Float Leadership team… and I don’t really know what that means. Even after spending time with the asi marketing team, my head’s still fuzzy. What does any modern info seeker do? Google it! I found these delightful insights:

• “If a young man tells his date she’s intelligent, looks lovely, and is a great conversationalist, he’s saying the right things to the right person and that’s marketing. If the young man tells his date how handsome, smart and successful he is — that’s advertising. If someone else tells the young woman how handsome, smart and successful her date is — that’s public relations.”
• You might think of marketing this way. If business is all about people and money and the art of persuading one to part from the other, then marketing is all about finding the right people to persuade.

http://www.tenonline.org/art/mm1/9301.html

Now my brain’s not so fuzzy!! Now I have to figure out how it relates to the Rose Float program. Any ideas?

Thanks to Breana for being our Public Relations Leader this past year! Thought she might enjoy the quote

C’mon over and help build!

This Saturday, tomorrow, there are options for us Cal Poly students to help build our Rose Parade Float!!

Pomona: Come visit the float!

Carpools leave Friday 6pm or Sat 6am to travel down south to the Pomona Lab.

Meet our other half, and jump in around 10+ projects happening all over the lab! Top priority is finish preparations for our inspection next week and finishing sculpting (shaping) the floor (pod) of the whole float in 3 lab days! We will work on hydraulics, welding, shaping steel, glue too.

You can’t spend all day Sat roadtripping with us? It’s FUN! Don’t worry attend the….

SLO: Shaping Party

Dorm pick up at 10am, lab starts at 10am too

Help sculpt (shape) the two big trees for out float! Learn some basic welding and put your 3-D visualization skills to work!

As always Lunch is provided.

If interested: comment or e-mail

which lab?

SLO? do you need to get picked up?

Pomona? when is the earliest you want to leave for Pomona? when do you need to be back?

EMERIL LAGASSE!!!

“TO LEAD THE WORLD’S LARGEST NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION”

Check Tournament’s Press Release (that’s where I copied the picture too)

Can he beat George Lucas? Last years parade w/ a tribute to the 30th anniversary of Star Wars is really hard to follow. I’m not the biggest Star Wars fan (I was raised on Star Trek) but it felt momentous watching the 401 Legion go by and that band ROCKED. Not every year can be that cool for the nerd within.

Still, I’m excited! I used to watch his cooking shows, try and get some tips/ ideas. Loved the in house band like those late night talk shows. He is a personality, a one man show. I wonder what he’ll ride the Parade in?