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

Schedule: (Is A Guide for the Day And Subject to Change)
7:00 am Doors Open
7:15 - 9:00 Registration and inspection
9:00 - 9:15 Drivers meeting, Announcements and introductions
9:15 - 12:30 Qualification Rounds
12:30 -12:45 Alliance Selection
1:00 - 4:00 Elimination Rounds & Championship Rounds
4:00 Awards

Volunteer

Volunteers:  Please contact Liberty Page at [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad Weather changes to the schedule will be emailed to team contacts

Options 

1 Event opening may be delayed to allow for travel.

2.  Event will be moved to snow date of Sunday February 20th (Teams unable to make the snow date will not be eligible for a refund)

 3. Event may be cancelled due to the weather.

announcements will go out by 6:00 am.  all teams are encouraged to use their best judgement when deciding to attend.

If the event is cancelled due to Weather or Covid.  Refunds less any event partner expenses will be processed by the University of New Haven.  Refund requests need to be emailed to [email protected]

Refund and Payment Policies

REFUND POLICY:
Refunds will be availble to teams that request cancellation of registration 7 or more day prior to the event.  No other refunds will be processed. Refunds are processed by Masuk Robotics not the REC Foundation

If the event is cancelled due to Weather or Covid.  Refunds less any event partner expenses will be processed by the University of New Haven. 

$5 Processing fee collected by the REC Foundation will be duducted from all refunds

Refund requests need to be emailed to [email protected]

Health and Safety Policies

While our reopening plan implements the latest guidance from the CT State Department of Education, it is important to remember that things not only might change, they will. We will continue to be flexible in our approach in compliance with state guidance and best practices as we strive to keep everyone safe.

Covid Policy:

ALL attending Participants, Coaches, Volunteers must show their Covid Vaccine Cards showing full vaccination including eligible boosters (no grace period) or Negative COVID PCR/viral antigen Covid test within 72 hours of arrival from a medical testing center (no home tests).

To assure student safety, no spectators are allowed at this event, there will be a live stream via the CTEEA Youtube Channel.

Please take time to review all University of New Haven Operations and Covid-19 Directives. They can be found at  https://www.newhaven.edu/covid19/fall-2021/index.php

Before/After School Programs, Sports, and Activities:

Before/After School Programs, Sports, and Activities will proceed as planned, with consideration for spacing and outdoors as appropriate. Fully vaccinated students/staff do not have to quarantine from sports or other activities provided they remain asymptomatic after close contact with a known COVID-19 case.
 

Mask Use:

Masks will remain mandatory inside UNH buildings for all students, staff, and visitors. 

Social DIstancing:

The Department of Public Health continues to recommend that schools maximize the distance between students to the extent feasible, with the goal of limited potential virus transmission. We will space students at least 3 feet of distance apart, when feasible with available space.

Hygiene/Handwashing:

Frequent handwashing is still a recommended mitigation strategy to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Schools will continue to teach and implement routines for hand-washing at specified points during the day. All classrooms and school offices will be outfitted with hand sanitizing stations.

Vaccination:

Increasing vaccination rates in our students, staff, and community is our greatest strategy in keeping students learning in-person. Vaccination is currently available to everyone 12 years of age and older and appointments are readily available at pharmacies and health centers.

Diagnostic Screening, Reporting Illnesses, and Testing:

We will continue to emphasize that students stay home when they are sick. Parents will continue to follow health screening protocols that we have established based on recommendations from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the State of Connecticut, and the Monroe Health District. We have encouraged both staff and eligible students to be vaccinated as this is the best mitigation tool to keep our community safe. 

Judging Format

Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply. Feel free to add or edit to suit your event. 

•  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.