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

This agenda is tentative and subject to change.  Please plan accordingly.  New teams should consider robotics competitions similar to track meets in that they are "All-Day" events subject to variables that can change the timeline.  Coaches and team members are advised not to plan additional commitments prior to or immediately following the scheduled end time listed below.  Teams who are not present during awards will not be eligible for awards. 

 7:30 am Doors Open/Registration
 8:00 Inspection Starts
 8:45 Registration Deadline
 9:00 Inspection Ends
 9:10 Driver Meeting
 9:15 Opening Ceremonies
 9:20-11:30 Qualification, Skills Challenges
 11:30-1:00    Lunch
 1:00-3:00 Qualification, Skills Challenges
 3:00- 3:30 Alliance Announcement, Finals, & Awards
 3:30p.m. Pits Close, Help with clean-up

Volunteer

We welcome volunteers for our event. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Chris Low at 260-415-6386. We are looking for Queuing, Referees, and Field Reset.

We also value those who contribute by allowing us to borrow fields!  We will need a large number of fields in order to run an ES qualifier efficiently.  If you can assist us, contact Chris Low for arrangements.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations please visit the event on Robotevents.com where I will post updates about the event status as needed in the General description. Please feel free to contact me by phone 260-415-6386 if you are going to be late to the event. Match Lists will be generated as scheduled (on agenda) and cannot be re-run.

Refund and Payment Policies

Event payments are expected when you register for the event and must be completed 3 weeks prior to the event date. Unpaid teams will be removed from the event to allow teams on my wait list to register. Please contact me if there are considerations to be made.

If the Event Partner cancels the event:

All registration fees will be refunded minus the $5-dollar team fee.

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

Teams who withdraw voluntarily or choose not to attend WILL NOT be refunded. 

If there are extraordinary extenuating circumstances that necessitate a withdrawal or prevent a team from attending, please contact me directly with requests for refunds.  Requests must be made 3 weeks in advance of the event date if possible.

Requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.  All decisions regarding requests are final, and if a refund is approved it will be subject to the standard $5-dollar team fee as usual.

All refunds will be processed after the event.

Judging Format

This event will not feature judged awards.

Waitlist

16 teams are on the waitlist for this event.