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

7:30am - 8:30am - Check-In/Registration/Inspection

NOTE: All teams must be through inspection by 8:30am

7:30am - Fields Open for Skills Challenges

NOTE:  Each team will be able to run a maximum of 3 robot (driver) skills challenges and 3 programming challenges.  3 fields will be available for Skills Challenge attempts from 7:30am - 8:40am, but only 1 field will be open for skills challenges during qualification matches (9:15am - 12:15pm) .  Teams should attempt to finish as many skills challenges as possible before 12:15pm as the tournament schedule to limit the amount needed to be done between matches.  The Skills Field will close at the end of the last qualification round (approximately 12:00pm)

8:45am - 9:05am - Drivers Meeting & Welcome

9:15am - 12:15pm - Skills Field Open

NOTE:  Each team will be able to run a maximum of 3 robot (driver) skills challenges and 3 programming challenges.  3 fields will be available for Skills Challenge attempts from 7:30am - 8:40am, but only 1 field will be open for skills challenges during qualification matches (9:15am - 12:15pm) .  Teams should attempt to finish as many skills challenges as possible before 12:15pm as the tournament schedule to limit the amount needed to be done between matches.  The Skills Field will close at the end of the last qualification round (approximately 12:00pm)

9:15am - 12:15pm - Qualification Rounds

12:15pm - 12:45pm - Finals and Awards

NOTE:  We have a middle school tournament coming in after this one ends, so we'd ask that teams plan to quickly clean up and transition out of the building so we can "flip" the venue for our afternoon tournament.

Volunteer

Interested volunteers should contact:

Tim Schmitt

[email protected]

678-314-8150

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Teams will be notified as early as possible if it is determined that bad weather will cause a change in event-day plans.  In the event of a cancellation, every effort will be made to reschedule for a later date.  If teams are not able to attend the rescheduled date, entry fee refunds will be issued.

Refund and Payment Policies

Refunds will not be issued, unless the event is rescheduled because of a weather-related event.  In that case, refunds will be issued to teams that are unable to attend the new (rescheduled) date.

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.