The Favella is dead...

The favella is dead,

The favella is a shanty village (in Brazil) but also more than that it is a community that pulls together to support its members and achieve more than individuals could. Our favella is not nurturing its members and thus we must disband it in its current form. So we must look to other means of achieving our goal.

The Tico EV studio has an objective of creating 4 vehicles for Costa Rica. We still have this objective but now our goal is closer and our progress is not at the point it should be.
We could look for blame at this point, but I will relieve the group and take responsibility. The favella requires a community and I have not inspired it to materialise. So now we are faced with the task but our community needs to rethink itself to become effective.

It has been said that the group is too large, and after witnessing the Interaction today I am inclined to believe that this group cannot function partially bcause of the amount of participants. This peer group is not capable of participating in group discussion and individuals are prevented from designing by the apparent complexity of the group interaction. It has been suggested that the favella reforms into 4 groups each will negotiate the requirements for a vehicle. I hope that this change will give clarity to the topic each sub-group is addressing.

This change in structure has not reduced the expectation for the remainder of the semester.
The entire group must still determine tasks to achieve the Studio goals and dates by which these tasks are to be completed.