Team Leaders, activity in your shops should be getting real interesting. Good luck in the next two weeks.
Minnesota Advocacy Day
On February 25th from 12pm-4pm, FIRST teams from all over Minnesota will be gathering at the MN State Capitol to advocate for STEM in Minnesota. This is a fabulous opportunity for your team to make a difference for STEM in Minnesota. All teams are welcome and encouraged to sign up for this event. Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/sCppD04cr
MURA Practice Field
The MURA field is open for business and this year’s robots will be showing up this week. It’s a great place to share build and game strategies while testing out your robots mechanisms and autonomous functionality (https://mnfirst.org/first-com
Local Team and Building Resources
Here’s a reminder to utilize the resources that are available to help during your build time. The FIRST Community Resources tab on the home page (https://mnfirst.org/# ) lists lots of opportunities to get help. Remember don’t wait until the competition to ask for help.
SpecCheck
SpecCheck is geared towards getting your robot and team ready for competition. The robot will go through a mock inspection based off of the 2019 manual and rules prior to Week Zero events. SpecCheck is open to all teams free of charge!
What: Mock inspection provided by MN LRI’s and CSA’s
Where: Becker High School
When: 5PM-9PM on February 8, 2019
Contact Alex Jurek of team 4607 for more information!
ajurek@isd726.org
Week Zero events
There is still time to sign up for a Week Zero scrimmage (highly recommended). The complete list can be found on this webpage (https://mnfirst.org/off-seaso
Regards, Mark Lawrence
Chairman, MN FIRST Regional Planning Committee