Team Leaders, a few news items:
FIRST Alumni Reunion and Networking event
On January 2nd, there is going to be a gathering of MN team alumni. Please pass this info on to team members whom you have contact information for. The website for this event can be found here (https://alumni.team2502.com ).
Frank’s Blog
Frank Merrick, the FRC program director, writes a frequent blog with information about competitions and FIRST issues that are important to teams. If you haven’t done so, please “Subscribe” to the blog by clicking on the “Subscribe” button on the right hand side of the landing page. You will find the Blog posted here: (https://www.firstinspires.org
Itasca Community College training and Week 0 event
ICC has posted dates and links for their annual training and Week 0 events. See the following webpages for details:
https://firstuppermidwest.org/
https://firstuppermidwest.org/
2019 Field Elements from FIRST Field
The Minne Mini is approaching and it will be the final event of the season for the 2019 field. Some of the field elements will be available for teams to take home with them. If you are interested in any of these items, please email Bryan Herbst at bryan.herbst@firstuppermidwest
You are responsible for removing any elements you request from Prior Lake High School during field disassembly, approximately 5pm to 7pm. Unclaimed elements will be disposed at the end of the night.
• 2x Complete HAB assembly (1 each blue and red)
• 4x Complete rocket ship assembly (without lighting, 2 each blue and red)
• 2x Cargo Ship frame and decorative plastic
◦ 1 each red and blue
◦ Includes tip trays and netting for cargo
◦ Does not include any electronics, including lighting and magnets for the cargo tip trays
• 4x Loading station frames and plastic
• 2x Sandstorm assemblies (excluding motors)
• 2x Rolls of carpet, approximately 15′ x 70′
Cargo and hatch panels
After working through the previous request list, there is ¼ of a field of carpet that will be available.
EdTech article for Educators
A white paper recently crossed my desk that is a good source of during- and after-school robotics activities. FIRST is prominent in the articles.
https://edtechdigest.com/2019/
MURA Open House – Dec 8th 1-3pm
After a very successful open house in August, the organizers of the MURA field are holding another one on Dec 8th from 1pm to 3pm. If you have decision makers that you’d like to see how one of these practice facilities operates, now is your chance. Current invitees include MN State executives and legislators, superintendents, principals, sponsors, etc. Feel free to invite whomever you decide is appropriate. There will also be an FTC league tournament going on that date so you can use that as an introduction to that program at the same time.
The MURA field address is 2131 N 12th Ave, Mpls, MN 55411
JUMPSTART training at St. Cloud State University
It is that time of year again, JUMPSTART Training Event at SCSU is scheduled for Friday December 6th and Saturday December 7th . See this webpage for details
https://sites.google.com/frc46
Space is limited and registration closes on Friday, November 22.
Regards, Mark Lawrence
Chairman, MN FIRST Regional Planning Committee