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

Doors open at 7:45

Schedule

• 7:45 Door opens for students
• 7:45-8:15 – Inspection
• 8:10 – 10:00 Skills and round one of interviews
  • Teams must be in line for skills by 9:55
• 10:00 - 10:15 - Driver’s meeting
• 10:15 – 12:00 - Teamwork
• 12:00 – 12:30 - Lunch
• 12:30 – 2:45 – Teamwork
• 2:45 – 3:15 - Finals
• 3:15 to 3:30 – Awards

Please remember that we are dealing with technology that at any time can decide to completely ruin the proposed schedule. We will do our best to adhere to this schedule.

Students - Please help us stay on schedule by arriving to your matches on time.

Volunteer

Anyone interested in volunteering please contact Tony Collins at [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of extreme weather or other emergencies that cause travel or safety issues for most teams, the event may be postponed or cancelled, as necessary. All teams will be notified and kept up to date with changes as soon as they are made.

Refund and Payment Policies

All payments must be processed and and cleared within 3 weeks of registration.. Payments for teams not processed by that timeframe will be moved to the waitlist and those spots will be filled from Robot Skills.

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

If an event must be canceled, every attempt will be made to reschedule the event in order to provide the opportunity for the students to compete. If the event cannot be rescheduled, a refund will be given less the $5 that the REC must keep in order to cover their processing fees. For example, a refund of $35 would be given for an event that costs $40. If you have any questions about this policy, please reach out to the event partner.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event, then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

No refunds will be given unless there is a team on the waitlist that can attend in the withdrawing teams place. In the event there is a team from the waitlist that can replace the withdrawing team, a refund will be given less the $5 that the REC must keep to cover their processing fees. For example, a refund of $35 would be given for an event that costs $40. If you have any questions about this policy, please reach out to the event partner.

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. If your team is using a digital engineering notebook, please print off a copy and bring it with you to the event.

Waitlist

9 teams are on the waitlist for this event.