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

Afternoon Event:

• 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Team Set-up, Check-in, & Inspection
• 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Drivers’ meeting/practice matches
• 2:20 pm - 4:20 pm Teamwork Challenges (6 matches for each team)
• 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm Finals Matches
• 4:50 pm - 5:00 pm Awards
• 2:20 pm - 4:00 pm Skills Challenges*/Judging**

**Judging will include judging for the Excellence, Design, and Innovate Awards. Teams wanting to be eligible for these awards, must submit a link to their digital engineering notebook no later than 6:00pm on Friday, November 15, 2024.

If we have all teams checked in and inspected prior to 1:50, we will move the driver meeting up and begin the tournament and open Skills fields for competition.

Volunteer

Interested in volunteering for our event or know someone who is?

We LOVE our volunteers and could not host a tournament without them. 

Please contact:  Lisa Bodily at  [email protected]  and put VEXIQ Volunteer in the subject line.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If weather makes traveling dangerous for teams, please stay home. If we must cancel the tournament due to dangerous weather situations, we will re-schedule if possible. As much notice due to inclement weather will be given as possible.

Refund and Payment Policies

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

-Refunds are given on a case-by-case basis, minus the $5.00 non-refundable RobotEvents fee. Please contact the event partner for more informationas needed.

If the Event Partner cancels the event:

-Due to weather we will work to reschedule the event or transfer your registration to another event.

-Due to insufficient team registrations, we will transfer your registration to another event.

Health and Safety Policies

The Sunburst Elementary VIQRC Rapid Relay "Turkey Trot" Middle School Tournament information may be updated as the event comes closer. Please check back for updates.

A Message from REC:  All approved events and event attendees are required to follow all local, state, federal, or any other government ordinances regarding health and safety procedures, social distancing, and best hygiene practices. Event hosts should continually assess, based on current government guidelines, whether to postpone, cancel, or significantly reduce the number of attendees when necessary, and to communicate as necessary with any registered attendees at said event.

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. All submissions must be made by 6:00pm on Friday, November 15, 2024.