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

Friday, February 14, 2025

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Skills Field open

Saturday, February 15, 2025

7:30 am Doors open, pits open, inspection open
8:00 am Robot Skills begins for inspected teams
8:45 am Inspection closes, Driver meeting, Match schedule released
9:00 am Qualifications and Judging begin
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Qualifications, Skills, and Judging Resume
3:00 pm Qualifications, Skills, and Judging end
3:15 pm Alliance selection 
3:30 pm Eliminations and Awards 
5:00 pm Event ends

Volunteer

Please volunteer through our Signup Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4DA5AC238-52581363-vrcblended#/

Thank you!!!

These events are all volunteer-run, so please aim to lend one volunteer for each team you are registering.  Lots of opportunities big and small. Check out the RECF Volunteer Roles Overview for details. 

The hardest role to fill is typically Judge.  Be assured that technical backgrounds are useful but not required. Being a Judge is a great way to meet some of the students and understand the hard work they put in to produce their robots.
 

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If bad weather occurs, use your own discretion in attending the event.  If an event is cancelled and we are not able to reschedule the event, we will refund your tournament fee minus the $5 which is paid to RECF on registration.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the event is canceled by the Event Planner and cannot be rescheduled:

• teams will be refunded their registration fee minus the $5 collected by RECF at payment

If the coach/sponsor cancels:

• Refunds will be given for team-initiated cancellations sent to [email protected] prior to the registration deadline listed above.
• The refund will be the registration fee minus the $5 collected by RECF at payment.

Any fee associated with the method of payment (such as a credit card surcharge) will not be refunded.

Teams that have not paid by the payment deadline listed above will be moved to the waitlist.  Those teams will not be eligible to participate in the tournament.

Date: 15-Feb-2025

Travel Info

1. Enter the Bowie High School campus from Slaughter Lane and follow the drive to the main surface parking lot.
   • If you have a lot of equipment you can stay to the right for the drop-off zone, then follow the drive around to the left to enter the parking lot from the back.
2. Walk through the breezeway to the doors on the right (before you reach the glass doors) and follow the signs to the cafeteria.

Competition Layout

Parking and Cafeteria Location

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.

Waitlist

37 teams are on the waitlist for this event.