WEEK 5 June 19 - 23, 2017

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Thursday June 22, 2017



  • Worked on an inventory list (Melissa, Grecia)
    • inventory
    • Everything that the team owns has been reorganized and placed on the list.
  • Worked on the payload netting (Vasila, Grecia)

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