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 SCHEDULE**

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Optional:   6.00 - 8.00 pm - Registration/Inspection/ Skills 

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

8:00 am - Doors open 

8:00 - 9:30 am - Registration & Inspection

9:30 am - Event meeting

10:00 am - Qualification Matches begin

10:00 - 2:30 pm - Skills Open

12:00 - 12:30 pm - Lunch

3:30 pm - Elimination matches

4:30/5:00 pm - Awards

Volunteer

Volunteers are an important part of every event and we acknowledge that these events would be impossible without them. We appreciate those volunteers who are willing to give of their time for the benefit of our students!  Volunteers help make events run smoothly and play a critical role in every process, from registration to scoring to judging. Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and lunch.

If interested in volunteering at this or any of the 2023 VEX Robotics Ohio State Championship events, please fill out this survey 

https://bit.ly/2023VEXOhioVolunteer

**Please submit this form by Wednesday, February 8th at 5:00 pm in order to guarantee a volunteer shirt in your requested size due to our deadline with the shirt vendor.  Responses after that date are still accepted & appreciated, but volunteer shirt sizes will be limited.  

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad weather, we will make every attempt to contact all coaches by email, phone or text, as well as make announcements through social media of any changes to the event or the event schedule. 

Refund and Payment Policies

Registration fees minus the $5 REC processing fee per team will be issued if the event is canceled.  There will be no refunds for individual team cancelations. 

Date: 1-Mar-2023

Travel Info

TBD

Webcast

We will be live-streaming this event on the Ohio VEX Robotics State Championship YouTube Channel. 

Judging Format

In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews AND Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person on the day of the event. Teams will need to bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

Judges will be working in accordance with the Judge Guide, which states that "All teams being judged for an event should be judged in the same format to ensure consistency in the judging experience."    PLEASE NOTE...if a team has a digital engineering notebook, these must be printed IN ADVANCE in order for the team to submit a physical copy to the judges.  Links to an online version or flash drives will not be accepted. 

Please refer to the Judge Guide for all judging and Engineering Notebook information, criteria, procedures, rubrics, etc. 

Concessions

Concessions will be open at 8 am.

Menu

• Coffee $2.00
• Bottled Water $2.00
• Bottled Soft Drink $2.50
• Bottled Juice $2.50
• Gatorade $2.50
• Rockstar $2.50
• Crunchy Asian Chicken Salad $6.00
• Turkey Sandwich $6.00
• Buffalo Chicken Wrap $6.00
• Italian Breaded Chicken Sandwich With Waffle Fries $7.00
• Pepperoni Pizza $4.50
• All Beef Hot Dog $3.00
• Italian Sausage with Onion & Peppers $4.00
• Nacho & Cheese $4.50
• Soft Pretzel with Nacho Cheese $3.50
• Fresh Popped Popcorn $3.00
• Kettle Cooked Chips $1.50
• Mini Beignet #3.00
• Assorted Candy $2.00
• Dippin’ Dot Ice Cream $4.50
• Fried Pickles $5.00