Team Leaders, as of this morning, there are 211 teams registered in MN.  We expect several more teams to join the FRC program for a total between 215 and 220.  Because of this, spaces are being held at all our events for the new teams.

You are receiving this email as a Main or Alternate contact for your team as listed in TIMS.  It is your responsibility to pass the information along to other mentors and team members.  These emails also appear on the home page of the regional website  under the Recent News headline (https://mnfirst.org ).

Here are a few announcements:

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS has an interstellar competition to help get them inspired! They have announced the SOLIDWORKS xDesign Challenge for FRC Teams!  FIRST Robotics teams within the United States have the chance to work on their creative design and collaboration skills and win a Mega Sponsorship Award of $10,000 from SOLIDWORKS. In addition to that, 50 teams will be awarded $1,000 worth of sponsorships towards the 2018-19 season of FRC.  Details can be found at (https://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/2018/10/announcing-solidworks-xdesign-challenge-for-frc-teams.html ).  The contest challenge will be announced on Nov 12th with a project completion date of Dec 7th.

Don’t forget about JumpStart, Seven Rivers Coalition, and ICC trainings on Dec 1st.

Here are the JumpStart details (https://sites.google.com/frc4607cis.com/cis4607/jumpstart-training-events/jumpstart-scsu ).

Here are the ICC training details (https://mnfirst.org/training/icc-pre-season-training/ )

Here’s the Seven Rivers Coalition training link (https://www.7rrc.org/training-day )

Regards, Mark Lawrence
Chairman, MN FIRST Regional Planning Committee