Battle by the Beach

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

Day one: 

9:30- Team check-in and inspection open. Practice fields open.  Follow-up interviews.

10:00- Skills Opens / Underwater robotics demos/ Ship simulators/ and Exploration

12:00-1:00 Lunch break (practice fields stay open) 

1:00-Skills Resume

4:00 Skills ends/ inspection check-in end/ - match schedule created-(all teams must be checked in at this point) 

4:30- Venue closes

Day 2: 

9:00- Venue Opens

9:30- Qualification matches start

12:00- 1:00- Lunch (skills and Qualls on hold for lunch) 

1:00- Qualification matches and skills resume

5:00- Qualification matches and Skills end for the day

5:30- Venue Closes

Day 3

9:00- Venue Opens

9:30 - Skills and Qualification matches start

12:00- Skills and qualification matches end

12:15- 12:30  Aliance selection

12:30-1:45 Division finals & Division awards

3:30- Overall finals

4:25 - Awards (Col. Fossum) 

5:30 Venue closes. 

Volunteer

We LOVE our Volunteers!

Click the link below. We will cover lunch for Full days worked, and provide T-shirts. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4BAEAD2FA3FC1-49604660-battle

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If the event of bad weather we will communicate our plans on Slack to all teams and coaches. If the weather is deemed to be severe enough to affect the tournament, we will reschedule.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

A refund will be provided to the registered teams minus the processing fee for RECF. 

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

A refund will NOT be provided. Please ensure you can attend prior to holding spots. 

Health and Safety Policies

Please refer to the Medical response plan linked here--> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R_dExik6BikCK-mJwjj0PAX23ax54c-4LiC5VdeE0bA/edit?usp=sharing

Date: 8-Nov-2024 - 10-Nov-2024

Travel Info

We will have  Hotel blocks availbe as soon as registration opens. These blocks will provide discounted rates. 

Webcast

Clear Life Media will provide our live stream. 

https://www.clearlifemedia.com/

Judging Format

•  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.

Notebooks will be due October 25th. To avoid stress, please ensure links are published at the begning of the school year in robot events. Students are encouraged to work on their notebooks through the event. Links are live so there is always the ability for students to edit. 

Interviews will be scheduled for he week of October 7th and the 14th. Multiple dates and times will be available. The team as a whole should be present. 

Signature Event Early Bird Policy

• All Signature Events will have a specific Early Bird Registration that is independent of all local/regional Early Bird systems
  • Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period
    • An opportunity is taken away each time the team registers for a Signature Event, whether during the Signature Event Early-Bird period or Standard period
    • A Signature Event Early-Bird opportunity is not taken away if a team registers for a tournament hosted by their school or organization (where the team’s coach is the Event Partner)
  • Early Bird Registration will open 16 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
    • Note: Modifications to this may be made for events in August and September and other events as deemed necessary by the REC Foundation
  • Standard Registration will open 14 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
  • An Event Partner may register their own teams to their Signature Event during Signature Event Early Bird Registration no matter how many other Signature Events they are already registered for  
    • The Event Partner must be the Primary Contact for the teams they are registering

Waitlist

0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.