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

8:00 am Doors open for Volunteers and Setup
8:30 am Doors open for teams. No early entry.

***Food will be available for sale on site!***
8:30 am
Teams Check in
Registration & Inspection begin
Turn in Engineering notebook 
Pits open
Practice fields open
9:15 am TEAMS MUST CHECK IN BY 9:15 TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MATCH LIST
9:15 am Opening Ceremonies
9:30 am Event Announcements/Drivers meeting
9:45 am – 10:20 Practice matches.
9:45 am Skills matches open. Up to three matches per team.
10:30 am Qualification matches and judging begin
12:15 pm Break for lunch

***Food will be available for sale on site!***

1:00 pm Qualification matches continue
2:20 pm Qualification matches end
2:30 pm Finals matches begin and Skills events Close
3:00 pm Awards ceremony
3:30 pm Competition event closes

STEM Project: Upload your project to YouTube. Email the link to your project to [email protected] by midnight Wednesday, 1/23/19.

Reminders:
Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. Here are a few items that you don't want to forget:
Spare parts & tools
Batteries and chargers
Programming cable
Power strip
Extension cord
Laptop computer
STEM Project Presentation Materials
Engineering notebook 

Event information is available at:

https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-iq-challenge/RE-VIQC-18-6965.html

Circle of Independent Learning School
4700 Calaveras Avenue
Fremont, California 94538

Eva Carrender
Title: Event Partner
Email: [email protected] 
 

Volunteer

Volunteers Needed
Each team is required to provide volunteers to be eligible to participate in the competition.

We need lots of help for the tournament. Thank you to all that have volunteered to help and those that will help us out at the event. 

Volunteers sign up by email to [email protected] put VEX IQ Volunteer in the subject line. Indicate your 1st and 2nd choices.

High school students who volunteer are eligible for community service hours. Bring your paperwork to be signed off.

Technical Positions include: Robot Inspection, Referees, Judging, Skills Field, Scorekeeping

Non Technical Positions Include: Team Queuing, Field Reset, Field setup, Cleanup, Emcee

For information on volunteer positions check here: 
http://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2016/08/volunteer-roles-overview-2.pdf

http://www.roboticseducation.org/volunteers/volunteer-resources/ 

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

This event will be held indoors.  It will be cold and the forecast is for clouds but no rain.

In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on Robotevents.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency.   Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your robotevents.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team. 

Refund and Payment Policies

Refund Policy

Teams that sign up for this event will not be provided with a refund if they do not compete.  

Event payments are expected when you register for this event and must be completed (showing PAID in the system) a minimum of 1 week prior to the event date.  Unpaid teams will be moved to the wait list and replaced with another team already on the wait list. 

No refunds will be made once a team is marked PAID in the system. Please contact Eva Carrender for further information.

Once registered team names cannot be changed. For example RobotTeamB cannot be subsituted for RobotTeamA. A new registration must be created.

If you cannot attend, please notify us at least one week prior to the event so we can add those on the WaitList and give other teams an opportunity to compete.

Date: 26-Jan-2019

Travel Info

Travel Info

https://goo.gl/maps/tp57kjRqVCG2

Location
COIL Charter School (Circle of Independent Learning)
4700 Calaveras Ave, Fremont, CA 94538
Multipurpose Room (towards front of parking lot)
Free parking, bathrooms on site, ADA compliant

Date
January 20, 2018
9:00 - 3:00