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

Session 1 on Jan 6 at Old Crescent School:

4:00 - 4:15 PM  Doors open. Volunteers check in. Teams check in.
4:15 - 5:15 PM  Robot Inspection
4:15 - 6:45 PM  Skills Matches (3 programming & 3 driver skills per team)
5:15 - 5:30 PM  Opening Ceremony/Announcements
5:30 - 6:45 PM  Session 2 League Play Matches (4 collaboration matches per team)

Session 2 on Jan 13 at Old Crescent School:

4:00 - 4:15 PM  Doors open. Volunteers check in. Teams check in.
4:15 - 5:15 PM  Robot Inspection
4:15 - 6:45 PM  Skills Matches (3 programming & 3 driver skills per team)
5:15 - 5:30 PM  Opening Ceremony/Announcements
5:30 - 6:45 PM  Session 2 League Play Matches (4 collaboration matches per team)

Session 3 on Jan 20 at Old Crescent School:

4:00 - 4:15 PM  Doors open. Volunteers check in. Teams check in.
4:15 - 5:15 PM  Robot Inspection
4:15 - 6:45 PM  Skills Matches (3 programming & 3 driver skills per team)
5:15 - 5:30 PM  Opening Ceremony/Announcements
5:30 - 6:45 PM  Session 2 League Play Matches (4 collaboration matches per team)

Championship Session on Jan 27 at Old Crescent School:

Tentative Schedule

4:00 - 4:15 PM  Doors open. Volunteers check in. Teams check in.
4:15 - 5:15 PM  Robot Inspection
4:15 - 6:00 PM  Skills Matches (3 programming & 3 driver skills per team)
6:00 - 6:45 PM  Finals Match (Top 12 alliances)

Volunteer

Get Inspired and Have Fun! Be a part of the excitement by joining a team of volunteers who help in a variety of ways to make this event a success for the students involved.

Volunteers will be coordinated at each individual League Play location, the overall Volunteer Coordinator is Tara Petersen ([email protected] or 402-871-3024).  League Play events last just over 2 hours, making League Events a great introduction to volunteering for VEX IQ.

Experience level:
No previous experience is needed for most volunteer positions, and you can even bring your kids for a family activity (for example, Field Resetter is an ideal position for young children).

Want to find out more about these volunteer roles and expectations? Visit the REC Foundation website at RoboticsEducation.org/volunteer to check out position descriptions and find volunteer training materials.

Once you have an assigned volunteer role, please carefully review all guides and training materials posted on the Volunteer Resources page before the event at RoboticsEducation.org/volunteers/volunteer-resources/

Contact the Volunteer Coordinator to register for this event today!

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If any session has to be cancelled, we will offer an additional session.

The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date on RobotEvents.com and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

If the event is canceled before the first session, full refunds minus any processing fees paid will be provided. After the first session, partial refunds may be made at the discretion of the Event Partner.

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

Full refunds minus the processing fee will be available until one week before the first session. After that, refunds based on special circumstances may be made at the discretion of the event partner. 

Judging Format

Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply. Please see the Remote Judging section of the Guide to Judging for more information.

• No Judging

• 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.

•  All Remote Judging - The Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges digitally via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents.  Initial Interviews and Notebook submission deadlines may be scheduled ahead of the event date.

• Remote Initial Team Interviews / In-Person Engineering Notebooks: Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, possibly before the date of the event. Engineering Notebooks will still be submitted in person the day of the event to be evaluated by judges.

•  Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation  via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.

Waitlist

0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.