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 of Event

Sunday, March 5th, 2023

7:00 AM  Volunteer Check In

7:30 AM Team Check in, Pit set up, robot inspection begins. 

8:00 AM Judging begins

8:30 AM  ALL TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT NEED TO BE CHECKED IN OR WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE MATCH SCHEDULE. 

8:45 AM  Event/Driver Meeting, Pits CLOSED

9:00 AM  Opening Ceremony, Pits CLOSED

9:15 AM Matches 

12:00 PM Lunch break

12:45 PM Matches and Judging continues

3:00 PM Alliance Selection

3:30 PM Elimination brackets begin

5:00 PM Finals and Awards

5:30 PM Pits/event closing

Volunteer

Volunteers are welcome and appreciated.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mrs. Charity Maricic at [email protected]

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

Choose wisely if this is the event you are selecting. Once you register you will NOT be able to move to a different city. You will NOT be refunded your fee and teams will be moved to the wait list if they have not completed the payment by February 24th, 2023.  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.

Health and Safety Policies

We will be following the guidelines of the LA County Health Department.  Please check the LA County Health Department for the most current guidelines.

Webcast

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

Judging Format

We are planning on In-Person Judging but Engineering Notebooks will be turned in Electronically no later than Wednesday Febrary 22nd at 5pm.  This may change depending on current health and safety guidelines.  Please check robotevents.com for updates.  Every effort will be made to notify registered teams of any changes, please make sure that your information on robotevents.com is updated.

•  Electronic Engineering Notebook Submissions: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the Event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted electronically for evaluation, with a submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.