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

7:00 am  - Staff and Volunteers arrive

8:00 am - Doors Open to Teams, Check-In, Inspections

9:15 am - Event Meeting

9:45 am - 12:00 pm - Qualification Matches

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm -  Lunch / Skills

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Qualification Matches

3:00 pm - Alliance Selection

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Elimination Matches

4:45 pm - Awards Presentation

Volunteer

Volunteers are an important part of every event and we acknowledge that these events would be impossible without them. We appreciate those volunteers who are willing to give their time for the benefit of our students!  

Please contact Jordan Reser / Micah Woolf at [email protected] if you are interested in being a volunteer. Thank you!

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad weather, we will make every attempt to contact all coaches by email, phone, or text, as well as make announcements through social media of any changes of the event or the event schedule. 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event:  We will try to reschedule but will not be able to issue any refunds due to the cost of putting on our event.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: There will be no refunds for individual team cancellations.

Webcast

We are working hard to get this event Live-Streamed! 

If the event is streamed it will be available on  the FOAB YouTube page - https://www.youtube.com/@foab_robotics

Judging Format

In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews AND Engineering Notebooks will be judged in person on the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

Judges will be working in accordance with the Judge Guide, which states that "All teams being judged for an event should be judged in the same format to ensure consistency in the judging experience."    PLEASE NOTE...if a team has a digital engineering notebook, these must be printed IN ADVANCE in order for the team to submit a physical copy to the judges.  Links to an online version or flash drives will not be accepted. 

Please refer to the Guide to Judging for all judging and Engineering Notebook information, criteria, procedures, rubrics, etc. 

Notebooks: Can be turned in at Check-In or Inspection on the day of the event before the event meeting.

Pit Interviews: Teams that wish to have a pit interview will be asked to meet our pit interview judges at their table before lunch when it is convenient for their match schedule.

• Second Interviews: Following lunch, the top teams will be selected and asked to complete a second interview before alliance selection begins.

Waitlist

3 teams are on the waitlist for this event.