Team Leaders, Week 1 is over and now on to Week 2. Here are some lessons learned at Week 1 and additional directions.
Field Carpet
There will be one field’s worth of carpet that will be available for teams to take home. If your team would like a piece, please contact me (MarkBLawrence@gmail.com). The size of the piece will depend on how many teams would like some. The carpet is 15 feet wide and up to 70 feet long. It must be picked up Saturday evening after the field surround is removed (typically 1 hour after the competition is complete).
Practice Field
Team 3102, Tech-No-Tigers, will once again be bringing their full practice field. The field will be in the Lake Superior pits (Pioneer Hall, next to the machine shop) and be open to teams in both events.
Student Choir Practice – Friday
The choir of team members will meet for practice on Thursday at 4:00pm. The choir will perform the National Anthem at opening ceremonies on Friday and Saturday. Mr. Diers will be the director. Meet at concessions in the Lake Superior pits (Pioneer Hall).
Team Seminars
These seminars are hosted by teams and, as you can see, cover a variety of topics. They are usually quite informative. The location is the Split Rock 2 conference room on Thursday.
12:30pm – 1:00pm Event Ambassador training
This is for students who sign up to be event tour guides
1:00pm – 2:00pm GoBabyGo (Team 2987, Rogue Robotics)
This presentation will discuss GoBabyGo, a U of Delaware program to give children with disabilities mobility through modification of toy vehicles. Rogue Robotics is the only MN chapter and are looking to expand the program.
2:00pm – 3:00 pm Mentor Roundtable
An informal session covering a variety of topics that are important to team mentors.
3:00pm – 4:00 pm Dead Battery Project (Team 3313, Mechatronics)
All women (students and mentors) are invited to have a conversation about the Dead Battery Project which focuses on sexual harassment.
Team Queuing
Plan to get to Queue on time. Teams are responsible for getting to their matches on time, queuing crew will not remind teams. Pay particular attention to rules that describe timeouts.
Team Interviews’
For Teams interviewing for the Chairman’s Award and/or Dean’s List, please proceed to the waiting area outside the interview rooms in Pioneer Hall 10 minutes before your scheduled time. Interview times will be posted at Pit Administration on Thursday afternoon.
BRING a printed roster!
We cannot accept team rosters that are shown to us electronically. Any student or mentor not registered online with FIRST must submit a paper consent form (https://www.firstinspires.org
TEAMS assigned to assist with Safety Glasses
Please arrive promptly for your assigned shifts. You must also have a mentor/team adult present in case of no-shows on the part of team members.
Quiet Area
To gain access to the reserved quiet area, please ask at Pit Administration to contact the volunteer coordinator in your event.
If you are sick: PLEASE stay home! Proper hand washing, hand sanitizers, no sharing of water/beverage bottles.
Regards, Mark Lawrence
Chairman, MN FIRST Regional Planning Committee