Team leaders, this is the last April update.  Hope everyone got to see the awards last night.  Congrats to all the Minnesota teams that won awards.  A list will be sent out when the award information becomes available.

Please make sure this information gets forwarded to your team members.

Mentor Meet Up – May 7th

There will be a Virtual Minnesota FRC Mentor Meet Up on Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 PM.  This is a chance for mentors and coaches to get together, provide support, ask questions, brainstorm, and share ideas.  Please go to this Google Doc (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UwOpiLuQVRjHQM6o0Nuo8owg7reqmdUGj7511cnYIBw/edit ) if you would like to add a topic for discussion.

Please pass this information on to other FRC mentors and coaches in Minnesota.

Minnesota FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) 2020 Graduation Celebration

WHAT: Minnesota FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) 2020 Graduation Celebration
HOW: Zoom
WHEN: Saturday, May 16 at 1:00 PM (Central time)

We will be holding a virtual graduation celebration for high school seniors on Minnesota FIRST Robotics Competition teams who will be graduating in 2020. The celebration will feature guest speakers, and an opportunity for seniors throughout the state of Minnesota to share some words of thanks or their favorite FIRST memories with each other (very brief and completely optional!).

If you are a high school senior on a Minnesota FRC team and would like to participate in the Minnesota FRC 2020 Graduation Celebration, please complete this RSVP and we will send you all the information!

If you want to know more before signing up, check out our FAQ at http://bit.ly/mnfrcgraduationFAQ

THE RSVP DEADLINE IS MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020.

Please note that information for family and friends who would like to attend the celebration will be sent out separately.

If you have any questions, please contact Yoji Shimizu at shimi002@umn.edu.

Best Bot Ever Meet Up #3 – archive

The video recording is now available on Youtube at https://youtu.be/2MjEeHHjhO0 for last weekend’s Zoom meeting featuring a number of teams that didn’t get a chance to play this year.

State Fair Robotics Demonstrations

As of right now planning for the State Fair is moving forward and registration for the K-12 Competitions will open on May 4th. Right now, I have 25 preregistered teams planning to bring their robot to the fair to demonstrate. I need to find 11 more teams to fill out the schedule so that I can have three FRC teams a day. I would also like to have 5-6 extra teams as back up to fill in if a team needs to drop out.

Due to the Twin Cities Competitions not being held. I did not get to meet with a number of teams and get their information.  I already have filled my demonstration schedule for FTC and VEX teams.

Teams can contact me by email to let me know if they are interested and we can find a slot for them in the schedule. I will be sending information to the teams on my preregistration list in May on how to register.
Hope to see you at the Great-Minnesota-Get-Together.
Thanks Jay  (jay.nix006@gmail.com)

FIRST Virtual Showcase – Saturday

Don’t forget the FIRST Virtual Showcase this Saturday at 9:00am on the FIRST Twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires ).

Regards, Mark Lawrence
Chairman, MN FIRST Regional Planning Committee