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

Volunteer

We need your help to make this a positive and rewarding experience for the students!

• Helping is easy and fun! Don't worry, we will show you what to do! Working the event is more fun and interesting than sitting around waiting for your student's next match!
• Have you wondered what a Excellence-quality Engineering Notebook looks like?  Then volunteer to be a Judge -- having this experience will give your students a big advantage in their next event!  Judge volunteers should contact us at least three weeks in advance.
• Volunteers should contact us with your preference. We will reply ASAP, and thanks in advance!!
• There are lots of different roles that need to be filled, visit volunteer roles for an overview.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

September 27, 2023 @ 5:00am

Dear Coaches and Teams,

Our host, the Community School of Naples is currently suffering a power outage along with surrounding neighborhoods, businesses, and schools.  Therefore the campus has been closed and secured not to reopen before Monday.

Due to this CSN Campus closure, I regret to inform you that BSW'24 is cancelled/postponed.   We intend to reschedule and will notify you as soon as we can reserve the venue again.

Please check this page for updates

Mr. Sean Headrick
BSW'24 Event Partner
[email protected]
 

September is hurricane season, therefore, in case of severe weather this event will be CANCELLED and your registrations refunded (less a $5 processing fee).

Weather notices or information about a possible cancellation will be posted here on robotevents.com!  Please inform your team and parents to check here for official updates from the Community School of Naples.

Make sure your team contact information is up-to-date in robotevents.com in the event we need to contact your team.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Refunds will be issued in the case of an event cancellation (less a $5 processing fee).

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Please only register robot teams that intend to attend. Due to the limited space for events, we will not issue a refund for any other reason.

Payment Deadline is September 6th, 2024. Not paying by this date may mean that your team may be placed on the waitlist to make room for another team. 

Judging Format

Electronic Engineering Notebook Submissions. Following a similar process as VEX Worlds, notebooks will be judged prior to the event.   Follow these instructions:  How to Submit a Digital Engineering Notebook.   All electronic notebooks must be received before 8am, Monday, September 23rd (9/23/2024).  Updated!

Team judged interviews will be conducted in-person at the Event. Every team gets an interview!  Prepare your team by looking over the questions on p. 54 in the Guide to Judging. All teams will be asked the same (3-5) questions for the initial interview. Interviews will last no more than 13 minutes giving every team equal access to the judges.

Waitlist

3 teams are on the waitlist for this event.