Team Leaders, here are some of this week’s activities.  Please forward to team members.

FIRST Updates Now (FUN) – Entrepreneur Panel

FIRST produces tons of entrepreneurs and founders and has even more attracted to the program as mentors. This Wednesday, February 10th, at 7PM CST FIRST Updates Now  (https://www.youtube.com/firstupdatesnow ) will feature a panel of entrepreneurs that will be relating their real-world experiences back to the Innovation Challenge. The content from the panel will also be valuable for showing students that the skills they’re learning in FIRST are directly applicable to real world opportunities.  Two local mentors, Ryan Swanson (Team 4607, Becker) and Scott Davis (Team 2502, Irondale) are panel members.
The panelists will include:
Tyler Olds (FUN)
Ryan Dognaux(1720) – The Thrifty Bot
Trent Callan (1746/971) – Hayes Health
James Cole-Henry (95) – Grasshopper Machine Werks
Scott Davis (2052) – Qonqr and Roast Path
Ryan Swanson (4607) – COR Robotics
Shelby Anderson (1619) – Shelby Rose Baking Co
For more information and updates about the show, follow the Chief Delphi thread at the link below, or email Ryan Swanson at ryan.john.swanson@gmail.com
https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/founders-in-first-on-fun/391108

FUM FRC Mentor Meetup

The next FUM FRC Mentor Meet Up will be Thursday, February 11 at 7:00 PM.  More information, including the opportunity to add topics for discussion, is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F0n66OLjZQY5YCPo4ySLGJetXaBIv5HZUli863urdoY/edit?usp=sharing

Introducing the FRC At Home Portal and the Entry Submission System

Teams, please review the additional websites FRC is using this season to accommodate team submissions for the At Home Challenges.
• You will need the help of your Primary and/or Alternate Contact for your team to retrieve your team’s specific and unique access code for entry into the system.
• The FRC At Home Portal – used to select the competitions your team will participate in, check submission status, AND get log-in credentials for the second (submission) system
• The Entry Submission System – used to fill in scores and provide information to the judges
This link is to a (4) page guide to how to access and submit for the FRC At Home Challenges:  https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net/frc2021/Manual/AtHomeChallengesSupplements/AtHomeQuickStartGuide.pdf

It’s very important that you review all of the step-by-step information so that you can create your team’s credentials and have smoother entry into the submission system.
Important Note: These portals are separate and are NOT the portals to submit for the Chairman’s Award, the Dean’s List, nor the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award.

Regards, Mark Lawrence
Chairman, MN FIRST Regional Planning Committee