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

7:00 am- Check-in, practice field opens

8:30 am- Welcome/ announcements

8:45 am- Check-in time expired

9:00 am- Team meeting directly follows coaches meeting and 15 min call

9:15 am- The first match begins 

12pm- Lunch in cafeteria/ Engineering professor meet and greet

1:00pm- Tournament resumes

5:00pm-alliances formed

5:30 pm- Final bracket 

6:00pm- Award/Scholarship  ceremony

7:15 pm- Event over drive home safe!

Volunteer

Volunteers are welcome and appreciated; full-day volunteers will receive a free lunch voucher. Please Contact Chandler Hinson @ [email protected] to volunteer or to ask questions!

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If severe weather causes a tournament to be canceled all teams will be notified by email from the EP and will receive a $25 refund per registered team on the event. If severe weather begins while the tournament is ongoing the EP will stop the tournament and direct everyone to the proper safety facilities. 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

• Full refunds will be given to all teams minus the $5 RECF processing fee.

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

• No refund will be given.

Health and Safety Policies

While masks are not required, we ask that if any member of your team is showing signs or symptoms of Covid-19 please do not put others at the tournament at risk. 

Webcast

We will be streaming the event via youtube; the link will be shared via email to each registered team.

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. Please see the Remote Judging section of the Guide to Judging for more information.

• No Judging

• 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.

•  All Remote Judging - The Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges digitally via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents.  Initial Interviews and Notebook submission deadlines may be scheduled ahead of the event date.

• Remote Initial Team Interviews / In-Person Engineering Notebooks: Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, possibly before the date of the event. Engineering Notebooks will still be submitted in person the day of the event to be evaluated by judges.

•  Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation  via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.

Scholarship Award Winners

-Champion Scholarship-

Each member of these teams has now received a $2000 scholarship to Bryan College for their outstanding skills, which were shown during the event. 

Winning Teams- 9364C, 96504C

-Finalist Scholarship- 

Each member of these teams has now received a $1000 scholarship to Bryan College for their outstanding skills, which were shown during the event. 

Winning Teams- 9364B,9364E