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

TENTATIVE! Check here the week of the event to make sure you have the current agenda.

8:30 am Doors open and team check-in begins
9:30 Team check-in ends

Teams MUST be checked in by 9:30, as the match schedule will be run at that time and CANNOT be re-run. If your team is running late, call the Event Partner or the match schedule will be run WITHOUT your team.

8:30 am Inspection begins

9:00 Skills Begins
9:30 am Inspection ends
9:45 Team & Driver meeting
10:00 Qualification matches

12:00n to 12:30 pm Lunch (concessions provided)

3:15 Qualification matches & Skills end
3:15 Alliance selection
3:30 Finals matches (Awards intermixed between rounds)
5:00 Final awards and closing

NOTES:
- Alliances will be 2 teams.
- All teams up to 32 will participate in the finals. (Note: Teams that decline invitations may inadvertently remove themselves from finals)
- If an odd number of teams, the last-ranked team should still attend Alliance Selection in case a team withdraws due to a problem with their robot.
- All finals matches will be one-and-done (no best-of-three matches).
- Ties in finals matches will be replayed until a winner is determined.

Volunteer

Volunteer information and sign up link coming soon!

If you know you want to volunteer, reach out to Alex Kemnitz ([email protected]) for more information.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event that an emergency or inclimate weather cancels this tournament, coaches/contacts will be contacted through email and the event will be updated in RobotEvents. Final decisions will be made the night before the tournament. In the event of a cancellation, the tournament may be rescheduled depending on schedule constraints at Grand Island Senior High School.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

If the event cancels because of weather we will attempt to reschedule the event.  If it can not be rescheduled then there will be a full refund minus a $5 admin fee.

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

If a team withdraws from the event before the registration deadline will receive a full refund minus a $5 admin fee. There will be no refunds if they withdraw after the registration deadline.

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.

Judging will likely take place at a common area of the tournament. Judging will not happen in pits. Teams should make sure they are judged before the window closes.

Waitlist

0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.