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

Day 1-3 

4:00pm Volunteers arrive 

4:30pm Doors open to Teams/Coaches/Public 

(Must have Arrived, Check-in/Passed Inspection BEFORE 5pm) 

5:30pm Skills Closes/Matches Start 

8:00pm  Venue Closes  

Please make sure to have your digital engineering notebooks uploaded to robot events by 5pm the week before League Night #4. That will give our judges a chance to review notebooks before conducting interviews on Night #4.For MS Only League teams that's 11/30.

Day 4 

**Engineering Notebooks turned in digitally by 5pm 

4:00pm Volunteers arrive 

4:30pm Doors open to Teams/Coaches/Public 

4:45pm Skills Opens 

(Must have Arrived, Check-in/Passed Inspection BEFORE 5pm) 

5:30pm Skills Closes/Matches Start 

8:00pm  Venue Closes  

Day 5 - Finals 

4:00pm Volunteers arrive 

4:30pm Doors open to Teams/Coaches/Public 

(Must have Arrived, Check-in/Passed Inspection BEFORE 5pm) 

5:00pm Alliance Selections 

5:30pm Matches Start 

7:30pm Awards (Engineering Notebooks will also be given back) 

8:00pm  Venue Closes  

Voluntario

Volunteers are needed and appreciated. Individuals or teams wishing to volunteer, please contact the Michael Hardy at [email protected] 

Event volunteers are the heart and soul of VEX competitions.  

We rely on Referees to keep things fair, Emcees to keep things exciting, and Queuers to keep things on schedule! Volunteering at a VEX competition is easy to learn, fun to do, and rewarding for everyone involved. 

Please click on the link below for more information on volunteer roles. 

Volunteer Roles Available – REC Library (roboticseducation.org) 

Each team will be required to supply at least one adult volunteer each night and will sign up to have one student from their teams reset. (Each team can pick 2 weeks to help reset, 3 resetters per night.)  

If you have someone that wants to get certified or trained for ref, judge, or TM, please let Michael Hardy know and we can set up training sessions. 

Política de emergencia/mal tiempo

In any event, teams will be contacted as soon as possible with the information. The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers. 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event:  

Team contacts will be notified about how to receive a refund 

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

Teams must complete payment within two weeks of registering, if payment is completed and a team cannot make it no refund will be given.  

**If you have to cancel last minute please let us know in case we need to adjust the rosters or schedule. 

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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.

Please make sure to have your digital engineering notebooks uploaded to robot events by 5pm the week before League Night #4. That will give our judges a chance to review notebooks before conducting interviews on Night #4.For MS Only League teams that's 11/30.