Team Leaders, please remember that you are getting this email and others on your team are not – please pass it along.

FIRST in the Upper Midwest (FUM)

We now have a Board of Directors nominating and selection committee in place (area Woodie Flowers Finalists Award winners).  As part of the process, people applying for positions on the Board have the opportunity to be interviewed by members of the selection committee.  If you desire an interview as part of your application, please have your application in sooner than later. The plan is to make the final Board selections during the week after applications close on November 3rd.  Please see this webpage for details (https://mnfirst.org/first-in-upper-midwest/board-of-directors/ ).

ICC Training, Dec 1st, Grand Rapids

A few weeks ago, a “SAVE THE DATE” for upcoming FIRST Robotics training & events at Itasca Community was sent out.  This webpage (https://mnfirst.org/training/icc-pre-season-training/ ) includes the basic schedule, types of sessions we will offer and a registration link.  Please register no later than Monday, November 26th.

Note:  If your team has a session they would like to lead at the training, please contact me ASAP.
We look forward to your registrations and preparing for a great start to the season.
Sincerely,
Kim Damiani, Director of Engineering Outreach
Itasca Community College
218-322-2370
kimberly.damiani@itascacc.edu

Dunwoody training – Minneapolis

For the 9th consecutive year Dunwoody College of Technology will be hosting FREE High School Robotics Training Sessions. This is a great opportunity for FRC team members to learn more about electricity, electronics, CAD design, mechanical skills, LabVIEW programming and industrial robotics. There are two sessions remaining on 11/3/2018 and 12/1/2018.

Use the Eventbrite link below to sign up. SIGN UP QUICKLY AS THE NUMBER OF SPOTS ARE LIMITED. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-seminars-for-high-school-robotics-students-at-dunwoody-college-of-technology-tickets-49201132913?aff=erelexpmlt
Attendees will also be entered in a drawing to win a Klein digital multi-meter.

Seminar Descriptions
Basic Electricity & Electronics – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to describe and build simple circuits, utilize meters to test for shorts/opens and make proper electrical terminations.

Shop Skills & Hand Tools – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to utilize various hand and shop tools to cut, file, drill and tap different materials used in the build process.

Industrial 6-axis Robotics – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to program real-world 6-axis industrial robots. Students will be exposed to Fanuc 200i industrial robots and program simple instructions using the R-J3 Controller and teach pendant.

LabVIEW Programming – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to utilize both the front panel and block diagram to create basic LabVIEW VIs. Students will be exposed to data types, Boolean functions, loops, math functions and compare instructions.
Solidworks Design – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to perform 2D sketches using Solidworks, fully dimension these sketches and extrude and cut simple 3D features.

Thank you,
E.J. Daigle Ed.D.
Dean – Robotics & Manufacturing Technology

Regards, Mark Lawrence
Chairman, MN FIRST Regional Planning Commmittee