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

Friday
3:00 - 7:30 Setup
7:30 Venue closes

Saturday
7:30 - 9:00 Pits open, inspection and registration begins

9:00 - 9:15 Drivers meeting
9:15 - 12:00 Driver Skills and Autonomous Coding Skills Challenge
9:15 - 12:00 Qualifying matches
9:30 - 1:30 Judging of teams for awards
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch will be provided for teams, volunteers, and coaches
12:30 - 1:30 Driver Skills and Autonomous Coding Skills Challenge (run on all three fields)*
1:45 - Alliance selections begin

15 minutes after the Alliance selections the elimination Tournament will begin

Awards will take place immediately following the final best of 3 matches.

*Skills will be available until 1:30. Teams must be on the field at 1:30.  

*Please be aware that the schedule will move with the matches, not by time. With the small number of teams we will have, teams will have back-to-back matches.  In this case, be quick to move to the next field so matches can continue promptly.

Volunteer

If you would like to volunteer for any of the following positions, please email Jordan - [email protected] 

• Team Queuing 

• Scoring Judge

• Skills Judge

• Judge

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

We understand that, especially for those teams coming from Northern Utah, the roads can be dangerous if winter storms impact the I-15 corridor--particularly over mountain passes. We do not want teams taking unnecessary risks to get to our event.

If you make the decision not to travel due to weather, please notify us at the earliest opportunity. Refunds for weather-related reasons will be issued (less the $5 RECF fee) as long as notification is given prior to the event.

Refund and Payment Policies

Payment is due 02/29/2024 at 12:00 am.  Teams who have not completed payment by then will be moved to the waitlist. Fees are $55, which includes the $5 fee charged by RECF. Refunds will be issued only for teams who cancel 24 hours before the event OR who are unable to attend due to poor travel conditions and who notify us before check-in closes at 9:00 a.m. the day of the event. The $5 RECF fee cannot be refunded.

In the event that this tournament is canceled, teams will receive a refund minus the $5 RECF processing fee.

Health and Safety Policies

We all want to have a safe and fun tournament.  Please don’t come if you are not feeling well.  If you need to cancel due to health reasons, please email the event coordinator ASAP.

Date: 2-Mar-2024

Travel Info

Vista School is located Northwest of St. George with plenty of accommodations in the St. George area.  

Webcast

The link will be available 24 hours before the event starts.

Check out the live stream of the event, The Link will be live when the tournament starts: 

https://www.vistautah.com/vex-streaming/

Judging Format

Judging will be In-Person Interviews and Digital Notebook Submission for this event 

The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in person on the day of the event. Teams should submit a Digital Notebook by Wednesday, February 28th, 11:59 pm.

•  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. All submissions need to be received by Wednesday, February 28th, 11:59 pm.