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

Thursday, November 14, 2024

3:00 pm Hondah hotel check-in
5:00 pm Crown dancers perform at Alchesay High School Courtyard
5:30 pm Dinner at AHS Cafeteria
6:00 pm White Mtn Apache Chairman's Welcome/WMAT Apache Queen
6:30 pm Sponsor Introductions
6:45 pm Team Introductions

Friday, November 15, 2024

7:30 am Doors Open, Team Check-in
7:45 - 8:30 Team Inspections
8:45 - 9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00 - 11:15 Interviews & Skills
11:30 - 12:00 Lunch
12:00 - 12:15 Driver's Meeting
12:15 - 4:00 Qualifying Matches
4:20 Optional Fort Apache Tour

Saturday, November 16, 2024

7:30 am Doors open, Team check-in
8:00 - 9:30 Complete Qualification Matches & Skills
9:30 - 9:45 Alliance Selection
9:45 - 10:30 Practice & Skills
10:45 - 12:15 Finals
12:30 - 1:00 Presentations
1:00 - 2:00 Awards

Skills include:

Up to 3 attempts at Driving Skills

Up to 3 attempts with Autonomous 

Cultural Display and Sharing:

We desire for Native American teams to learn more about each other's culture.  Teams are encouraged to wear traditional attire and display the following to feature their community's culture.

Team introductions: will be displayed on Thursday night at the welcome dinner.  Please send a one powerpoint slide with the following for for your team introduction

• Team picture
• Team name
• Team number
• School
• Town/City/State
• Tribe

Cultural Poster: Each team will complete a poster that will be hung in the back of the team pit area. The poster should be 3 feet by 4 feet (you can use standard butcher paper or poster board) and include the following: 

• VEX Team Number: 
• School Name and Location:  A picture would be great.
• Tribal Seal: Depiction or explanation of the tribal seal(s).
• Traditional Language: How to say “Hello” or “Welcome”  in your tribal language.
• Traditional Food: Tell about a food that is traditional for your culture.
• Historical Fact: At least one interesting historical fact about your tribe(s).
• Cultural Artifact: Depiction or picture of a material item associated with your tribe(s).

Traditional Dress: Teams are encouraged to wear traditional dress to the opening dinner at Hon-Dah on Thursday, November 14th as well as the final day of the tournament, Saturday, November 16th. 

Volunteer

If you'd like to help, please contact:

Bruce Goode, [email protected], 928-299-0027
Catalina Carrillo, [email protected], 928-940-3100
Trish Miller, [email protected], 928-940-0382

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

The event will continue unless an emergency occurs.  If an emergency disallows the event to proceed on the scheduled date, other dates may be considered; however, likely it would be cancelled and payments refunded (minus a $5 processing fee).  With it being indoors and limited travel required, there should not be an issue with weather.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: Refunds will be issued in the case of an event cancellation (minus a $5 processing fee).

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Please only register robot teams that intend to attend. Due to the limited space for events, we will not issue a refund for any other reason.

Date: 14-Nov-2024 - 16-Nov-2024

Travel Info

Welcome dinner Thursday,  November 14th at the Alchesay High School Cafeteria.

The tournament will take place on Friday, November 15th and on Saturday, November 16th, and will be hosted at the Chief Alchesay Activity Center in Whiteriver, AZ. 

Whiteriver is 25 miles south of Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona.  Show Low is immediately North of Pinetop-Lakeside.  Whiteriver is at 5164 ft elevation and Pinetop at 6, 804.  It is a very scenic drive between the two with trees in their final stages of changing color.

If you have any questions concerning travel or lodging, please contact Bruce Goode [email protected].

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.