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

Agenda

Tentative Agenda – Subject to Change

IMPORTANT! If your team will be late, you must call the Event Partner (Primary Contact on the General Info tab). If your team is not checked-in on time, the match schedule will be run without your team and they cannot compete. The match schedule CANNOT be run after the tournament begins. 

Team Judging will be held in the Pits. Please make yourselves available to the Judges when they show up at your Pit table. If you have a match upcoming shortly, respectfully inform the Judges and agree on a time when you will meet with them at your Pit table. 

7:30 am - Doors Open, check in begins
7:30 am - 9:00 am - Inspections
All Teams Need to BE CHECKED IN BY 8:30 AM or call the Event Partner
9:00 am - Drivers Meeting and Opening Ceremony (Robots in matches Q1 and Q2 placed on the field before the start of opening)
9:30 am Qualification Rounds begin, judging begins shortly after
10:00 am - Skills Field Opens, until then it may be used as a practice field.
9:30 am to 3:30 pm - Qualification Rounds (LUNCH Break 12:30 pm)
3:30 pm - Skills Field Closes
3:45 pm - Alliance Selection
4:00 pm - Elimination Rounds Start
5:30 pm - Award announcements - Closing (Teardown following - Please help if able)

Voluntario

It takes a team to run a tournament. Thank you for considering volunteering at our tournament. Here is a link to our sign-up page:

https://signup.com/go/WuzKgkH

Thank you again!

Green Wave Robotics

If you have any questions contact Nathan Blair @ [email protected]

Política de emergencia/mal tiempo

If our school district closes activities due to weather, this event may be postponed, rescheduled, or canceled. Please check the General Info tab on the event website; updates will be posted as they become available. The safety of teams, coaches, parents, and volunteers always comes first. If the weather looks threatening, adults should exercise their own judgment when deciding to travel or allowing their children to travel. If the event is canceled due to weather, our district will refund your school your entry fee minus the processing fee ($5) from robot events. 

Refund and Payment Policies

Teams that wish to withdraw before the tournament will receive no refund unless another team from the Waiting List can fill the team’s spot.  If a team is found to fill their spot there will be a refund minus the $5 fee RECF charges.

If the event must be canceled we will do our best to reschedule the event. If the event is canceled and cannot be rescheduled, refunds will be issued from our district. We will not be able to refund the $5 fee that robotevents receives per registered team (if the event costs $105/team, you will receive a $100.00 refund). 

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.