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

Subject to Change

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Please check out the available volunteer opportunities for our event.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944ACA72EA1F8C07-44554087-gateway

Questions can be directed to Luke Shepherd at [email protected].

Richtlinie für not-/schlechtwettersituationen

In the event of bad weather, updates will be made via email.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event:  Due to the costs involved with this event, a refund will only be offered after all the event expenses have been taken care of.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:  A refund will not be issued.

Date: 31-Jan-2024 - 1-Feb-2024

Reiseinformationen

The Highlands Sports Complex and nearby hotels are located on I-70 corridor roughly 45 minutes to an hour from the Pittsburgh International Airport in the northern panhandle of WV.

Directions from PIT:

• Leaving airport take I-376E 
• Merge onto I-79 S
• Merge onto I-70 W at Washington, PA for about 22 miles

Parking:  There is a large parking lot at the venue.  The lot can accommodate buses and trailers.

Lodging:Hotel blocks are available through the following link.  More will be added over time!

Hotel Blocks Available

Information about the local area:

The Highlands

Wheeling, WV

The Highlands Sports Complex

EVENT INFORMATION

Venue Exterior Map - Robot Dropoff, Main Entrance, and Parking

Local Food - Restaurants

Hockey Offer - Friday Night

Hockey Offer - Saturday Night

Webcast

The event will be live streamed on Twitch at twitch.tv/wvrobot!

Judging Format

Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. Notebooks must be submitted one week prior to the event.  Notebooks are due by Noon (EST) on January 25, 2024.

Payment

The payment deadline for this event is 10 January 2024.  If payment is not received and no contact has been made with the event partner, then the registered team(s) will be moved to the waitlist.  Another team will be pulled from the waitlist as a replacement.

Signature Event Early Bird Policy

• All Signature Events will have a specific Early Bird Registration that is independent of all local/regional Early Bird systems
  • Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period
    • An opportunity is taken away each time the team registers for a Signature Event, whether during the Signature Event Early-Bird period or Standard period
    • A Signature Event Early-Bird opportunity is not taken away if a team registers for a tournament hosted by their school or organization (where the team’s coach is the Event Partner)
  • Early Bird Registration will open 16 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
    • Note: Modifications to this may be made for events in August and September
  • Standard Registration will open 14 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
  • An Event Partner may register their own teams to their Signature Event during Signature Event Early Bird Registration no matter how many other Signature Events they are already registered for  
    • The Event Partner must be the Primary Contact for the teams they are registering