Team Leaders, yikes – a couple of short weeks until Kickoff.  In the meantime, here are a few items of interest and, remember, please pass them on to your mentors and students.

Alumni Reunion

Our inaugural FIRST Alumni Reunion and Networking Event is fast approaching and we don’t want anyone to miss out.  For this year we are opening registration to CURRENT year High School Seniors as well so please let your team know.

FIRST Alumni Reunion and Networking Event
Thursday, January 2
6:00pm to 8:30pm

Event will be held at the Microsoft Technology Center in Edina with tours of their “Innovation Lab” offered!

Register online: https://forms.gle/UZuAZHgJAtpGtgxS6

Thank you!  Appreciate your support.

PoKo – Twin Cities strategy session after Kickoff

A longtime strategy session called PoKo, e.g., Post Kickoff, sponsored by U of MN Robotics (http://studentrobotics.umn.edu ) at the U of MN – Twin Cities is occurring again this year.  The working session follows the Kickoff from 1-3pm in Keller 3-210.  Please go to their website for more details.

Week 0 scrimmages

The West Central Week 0 scrimmage will be happening again this year. Our website has been updated with this year’s general information (https://warpspeed4239.wordpress.com/events/west-central-week-0/).

Thanks, Darren Seubert
WARPSPEED 4239
Captain, Lead Programmer, Driver

Please watch the Week 0 calendar (https://firstuppermidwest.org/off-season-events/week-0-events/ ) for additional events.

Unique fundraising idea

The Plaid Pillagers from Morris have come up with an interesting idea for a sustained revenue stream for their team.  Please see this fun article discussing the project:

https://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/robotics-team-engineers-new-funding-stream-solar-array?mc_cid=49550093d9&mc_eid=e29cea29bf

Regards, Mark Lawrence
Chairman, MN FIRST Regional Planning Committee