Agenda

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Tenative Schedule of Event

7:00 AM  Volunteer Check In

7:30 AM Team Check in, Pit set up, robot inspection begins. 

8:30 AM  ALL TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT NEED TO BE CHECKED IN OR WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE MATCH SCHEDULE. 

8:45 AM  Event/Driver Meeting, Pits CLOSED

9:00 AM  Opening Ceremony, Pits CLOSED

9:15 AM Matches and Judging begins

12:00 PM Lunch break

12:45 PM Matches and Judging continues

3:15 PM Qualification Matches Conclude

3:30 PM Finals Matches and Awards

4:30 PM Pits/event closes

Volunteer

Volunteers are welcome and appreciated. 

Please use the following form to sign up: http://bit.ly/30knZyQ

Technical Positions                                                                                          Non Technical Positions                                                            

     Robot Inspectors                                                                                              Team Check In                                                

     Referees                                                                                                           Volunteer Check In

     Judges                                                                                                               Team Queuing

     Tournament Manager Operators                                                                        Skills Field Assistant

     Skills Field Referee                                                                                             Field Reset

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

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. Teams should make sure their contact information in Robotevents.com includes both school and non-school phone numbers.

Refund Policy

Congratulations on earning a spot at the 2020 VEX Robotics CA State Championship Event.

Choose wisely if this is the event you are selecting. Once you register you will NOT be able to move to a different city. You will NOT be refunded your fee and teams will be moved to the wait list if they have not completed the payment by February 28, 2020.  It is your responsibility to make sure that the payments have been processed in time.  We will use the visible record of payment on robotevents.com to make the determination.

Webcast

This event will be live streamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiJrYnB_ug

STEM Research

This season the STEM Research Project is presented as a 4-minute video plus 15 seconds of credits that the team records and uploads to SchoolTube, YouTube, or a similar online video platform. A link to the video must be submitted to the Event Partner no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date. Follow these steps:

1. Please refer to the **STEM Research Project and Presentation** document from the REC Foundation. The document can be found in the VEX IQ Challenge Team Resources area at https://www.roboticseducation.org
2. Record the STEM Presentation as a video following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
3. Upload the video to one of the online video resources following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
4. Have the coach or another adult submit the link to the video no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date using this Google Form:
   https://forms.gle/78TsSwNv1yUM3iGD8
5. The top five (5) contenders for the STEM Research Project Award as judged from the video submissions, will deliver their 4-minute presentations in-person to a panel of two (2) judges at the event. Additionally, judges will have up to 4 minutes for questions and answers. The winning team will be selected from the in-person presentations as judged using the STEM Research Project rubric.
6. Only ONE submission allowed per team. If two or more video links are sent to the Event Partner, only the first link received will be considered.
7. The winner of the STEM Research Project Award will be announced with the other judged awards at the event.

If you have questions about this process, please contact LeRoy Nelson: LeRoy@larobotics.org