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

Tentative Event Schedule:

7:00am - Doors open for volunteers only
7:30am - Doors open for teams & spectators
8:00am - 8:45am - Check In & Inspection / Skills Open
9:10am - Opening Remarks / Drivers Meeting
9:30am - Qualifying Matches Part 1 
12:00pm - Lunch (Skills Open)
12:45pm - Qualifying Matches Part 2 
2:30pm - Skills Closes
2:45pm - Alliance Selection
3:15pm - Elimination Matches
5:00pm - Awards & Clean Up
 

Volunteer

Many volunteers are needed to help us with the event, we welcome your participation. Some available volunteer roles include: Scorekeeper Referees, Field Reset Crew, Robot Inspectors, Check-in Desk, Set-up/Tear down Crew. 

If you are available to volunteer, please reach out to us with your contact information and what you may be interested in helping in. 

Contact us at [email protected]. 

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If there is inclement weather, please check the General Information event tab for updates. We will do our best to notify teams via email at least 24 hours prior to the event if the event needs to be canceled. Unfortunately, should inclement weather force a cancellation of this event, there is no available makeup date.

In the event of an emergency or if your team is experiencing delays attending the event, please text your school / organization name and team number(s) to 267-265-8178 on the event day.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 
If the event is canceled, the registration fee will be returned (minus $5.00 RECF processing fee). 

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
For a refund, the Event Coordinator must be notified at least 10 days prior to the event so that teams may be moved from the wait list and other teams invited to attend. The refunded amount will be equal to the registration fee paid minus the $5.00 RECF processing fee. 

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.

Waitlist

11 teams are on the waitlist for this event.