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 Agenda (Entire event is conducted remotely)

Tuesday, March 9 - Thursday, March 11, 2021 (remote)

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Remote Judging Interviews (schedule will be determined by Event Partner - teams and coaches must be available during these times for remote judging)

Friday, March 12 and Saturday March 13th, 2021 (remote)

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Remote Team check in and robot inspection.  Friday, priorty will be given to middle school teams but we will fit in high school teams if time allows.

Sunday, March 14, 2021 (remote)

Each team may take up to 3 runs in driver challenge and up to 3 runs in autonomous challenge for the event. Event Partner will determine the schedule and time assignments for teams. Teams and coaches must be available during this time window to participate.

7:30 AM  Volunteer Check In 

7:45 AM  Opening Ceremony/Driver Meeting

8:30 AM Skills Matches (by schedule provided by Event Partner)

11:30 PM Lunch break

12:00 PM Skills Matches

3:45 PM Judging deliberations conclude

4:00 PM Awards

Volunteer

Volunteers are welcome and appreciated, especially remote judges.

Please use the following form to sign up: [Event Partner will provide sign up form]

Technical Positions                                                                                          Non Technical Positions                                                            

     Robot Inspectors                                                                                              Team Check In                                                

     Referees                                                                                                           Volunteer Check In

     Judges                                                                                                               Team Queuing

     Tournament Manager Operators                                                                        Skills Field Assistant

     Skills Field Referee                                                                                             Field Reset

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on Robotevents.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency. Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your robotevents.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team. Teams should make sure their contact information in Robotevents.com is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.

Refund and Payment Policies

Congratulations on earning a spot at the 2021 VEX Robotics CA State Championship Event.

Choose wisely if this is the event you are selecting. Once you register you will NOT be able to move to a different city or event. You will NOT be refunded your fee and teams will be moved to the wait list if they have not completed the payment within two weeks of registering. It is your responsibility to make sure that the payments have been processed in time. We will use the visible record of payment on robotevents.com to make the determination.

Webcast

The event will be live streamed at http://youtube.damien-hs.edu/

Remote Judging Requirements

*Only Digital Engineering Notebooks will be submitted for this tournament!*

Deadline for Notebook Submission: Friday, March 5th, 2021 by 5:00pm PST.

Each teams' Primary Contact/Coach MUST complete the Google Form to submit their Digital Engineering Notebooks.

Google Form Link: [Event Partner will provided to registered teams]

Digital Engineering Notebooks will be judged during the week of before the event.

Scheduling Remote Judging Interviews: Teams will be contacted via email by 5:00 pm Monday, March 8th to select a Remote Judging Interview Time (the scheduling email will only be sent to Primary Contact listed for team in RobotEvents.com). Interviews will take place after regular school hours from March 9-11, 2021. Judging times will be from 3pm-7pm PST. ***Teams must be available during these times for remote judging interviews; interviews will not be conducted during the Live Remote Skills event.***

Teams should review the Judge Guide Addendum and the Judge Guide which can be found under the Documents tab of this event.