Code of Conduct

The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.

For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.

Agenda

Our schedule for the day is approximately as follows:

8:00am - Doors Open

8:00-9:00am - Team Check In

8:00-9:15am - Inspection (Drop off Engineering Notebooks at Inspection. No Digital Notebooks or Thumbdrives will be accepted) / All fields open for teams to practice if they have passed inspection.

9:10am - Coaches Meeting

9:20am - Opening Ceremonies (Please note. We will do the Drivers Meeting for VRC first, then the National Anthem, dismiss VRC, and then Drivers Meeting for IQ)

9:30am-Qualification Schedules Distributed

9:45am - Skills Fields open / Practice

9:45-12:15pm - Morning Qualification Matches / Skills Open

12:15pm-1:00pm - Skills Fields Closed / Lunch Break

1-3:30pm - Skills open / Afternoon Qualification Matches

3:30-3:45pm - Alliance Selections

4:00 - Elimination Rounds

4:45 - Finals and Awards

5:15pm - Pack up and Depart. Have a safe trip home!
 

**All times are listed in Eastern.** 

**Times are subject to change based upon the number of teams registering for the event.**

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Volunteers are welcome and needed!! 

Please contact Jamie Taylor at [email protected] or 574-653-1782 for more information.

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Although we do not plan on having inclement weather we know we live in Indiana and the weather changes whenever it wants to! Please know that we will do everything in our power to host the competition on the scheduled date. In the event of bad weather for traveling in the morning we may initiate a 2 hour delay to the start time. Although it makes it inconvient and the event run later, our end goal is to host the event for the students on the date planned. In the event that this tournament cannot take place due to inclement weather registration fees will be returned minus $5.00 for administrative fees and postage. 

Refund and Payment Policies

Registration fees will not be refunded if teams do not cancel by 10/12/2024.

All teams need to be present and checked in prior to the start of the competition (no later than 9:00am). Refunds will not be issued to teams who arrive after competition rounds have begun.

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

In the event that this tournament cannot take place and is forced to be canceled teams will receive a full refund minus $5 REC fee. 

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: 

If prior to 10/12/2024 full refund will be givien minus $5 fee. If after 10/12/2024 no refunds will be given.

Date: 26-Oct-2024

Reiseinformationen

Traveling from a distance? There is a New Home2 Suites by Hilton and a Holiday Inn located in Logansport. Both will be about a 25 minute drive to Caston. There are also a few Airbnb's in the area too. 

Webcast

New this year! We now have the equipment to LiveStream! The event will be broadcast on our Caston Robotics YouTube page. Link will be provided at a later date.

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

Waitlist

4 teams are on the waitlist for this event.