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 for the first three league sessions, the Qualifying Sessions:

3:30-4:00 PM  Doors open. Set up
3:30-3:45 PM  Volunteers check in
4:00-4:30 PM  Teams check in
4:00-4:45 PM  Robot Inspection
4:45-5:00 PM  Opening Ceremony/Event Meeting/Announcements
5:00-7:00 PM  Teamwork Practice and Qualifying Matches
7:00-7:30 PM  Teams depart. Tear down. Doors close

Agenda for the last league session, the Championship Session:

3:30-4:00 PM  Doors open. Set up
3:30-3:45 PM  Volunteers check in
4:00-4:30 PM  Teams check in
4:00-4:45 PM  Robot Inspection
4:45-5:00 PM  Opening Ceremony/Announcements
4:15-7:00 PM  Robot Skills Matches and Follow-up Judging
7:00-7:45 PM  Teamwork Finals Matches and Awards
7:45-8:15 PM  Teams depart. Tear down. Doors close

Volunteer

The league needs at least seven trained key volunteers who can attend all four sessions plus a trained backup available for each position:

• 1-2 Robot Inspectors, Queue Crew
• 1 Emcee
• 2 Head Referees (certified, age 16+)
• 2 Scorekeeper Referees (age 15+)
• 1 VEX TM Computer Operator

Each team is asked to provide at least one volunteer for at least one session:

• 1-2 Check-in, Queue Crew (one adult, second can be student)
• 1-2 Field Reset (students)
• 1-2 Practice Field Official (one adult, second can be student)
• 6-9 Remote Judges (adults, in January before Championship Session only)
• 2-3 In-person Judges (adults, Championship Session only)
• Younger judges age 16+ can be paired with adult Judges age 18

Volunteers can be scheduled prior to or at the first League Session.

A brief overview of the volunteer roles is available online at: 
https://kb.roboticseducation.org/hc/en-us/articles/4969327789207-Volunteer-Roles-Available

Other volunteers are welcome. Please contact an Event Partner or Event Sponsor.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If any session has to be cancelled, we will offer an additional session.

If league events can’t be held in person indoors, we will explore the possibility of holding the remaining league sessions in person outdoors. If league events can’t be held in person indoors or outdoors, then we will try to convert the remaining league sessions to Live Remote Tournaments. Skills events must be held in person, but it is possible to schedule one team at a time, to hold events outdoors, and to schedule events on weekends in January for better light and temperatures.

If teams are not allowed to meet in person, then teams will be encouraged to try VEXcode VR and to compete with the new VIQC Virtual Skills in VEXcode IQ:
https://www.vexrobotics.com/get-started/vex-vr-skills.

The Event Partner will contact teams if any league sessions must be rescheduled or modified. Teams should keep their contact information up to date on RobotEvents.com and include both school and non-school phone numbers.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Full refunds minus any processing fees paid will be provided if the event is cancelled prior to the first session. After the first session, partial refunds may be made at the discretion of the Event Partner.

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

Full refunds minus any processing fees will be available until one week before the first session. After that, refunds based on special circumstances may be made at the discretion of the Event Partner.

Judging Format

All Remote Judging - The Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges digitally via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. Initial Interviews and Notebook submission deadlines may be scheduled ahead of the event date.

Teams will be invited to submit Digital Engineering Notebooks online and to schedule Remote Judging interviews by Monday, December 16, 2024, the first day of Winter Recess. Remote Judging Interviews will be held in January before the final league session. Details will be sent to registered teams via email and posted on the Judging Format tab by November 30, 2024.

Waitlist

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