RoboProm 2014

[hammerhead_399]

http://i.imgur.com/TFJckiy.jpg

Team 399, Eagle Robotics, is pleased to announce the 8th annual RoboProm held at the FIRST Championship in St. Louis Missouri!

The event was started by the students of Team 399 in 2007, who unfortunately had to miss their high school prom to attend the Championship event, but didn’t want to miss out on the experience. We are excited to continue the tradition, and make it better than ever.

Where: Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, RoboProm Grand Ballroom, 315 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, MO
When: Thursday, April 24th, 2014 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Dress Code: Some people go semi-formal, some get fancy, and some like to get into pretty unique costumes. Whatever suits you!
Price: $20 pre-sale via our team website up until 4/19, $25 at the Championship event. Mentors and advisors chaperoning are welcome into the event for free.

We will be releasing one wave of 800 tickets starting today, March 26th. Once those sell out, tickets won’t be available for purchase until the second wave of 800 is released on April 13th, the day after the conclusion of week 7 events.

Link to buy tickets: http://www.team399.org/roboprom-2014/
Email for any questions or comments: roboprom399@gmail.com

This thread will be where all official updates will be announced! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here.


Note: RoboProm is put together by FRC Team 399: Eagle Robotics and is not an official FIRST Championship Event.

[dubiousSwain]

I had a lot of fun last year. I hope I can make it this year!

[Libby K]

Just got my email from Team 399.

Happy to help host the RoboProm again this year! Giving out King and Queen is always a fun part of the evening, and it's awesome to see the FIRST community come together.

I'll be there, and depending on how Week 7 goes, will be crossing my fingers to bring 1923!

[Lewis Nerone]

Wow! Looks like fun! I'll be sure to bring a case of WD-40 :D

[AJ2486]

Glad to announce Kelly Carlson (Team 2403) and I, AJ Novelli, (Team 2486) will be running for royalty this year! Be sure to check us out on twitter! :) @aj_2486 and @thekellycarlson

[Libby K]

Glad to announce Kelly Carlson (Team 2403) and I, AJ Novelli, (Team 2486) will be running for royalty this year! Be sure to check us out on twitter! :) @aj_2486 and @thekellycarlson

Well stay tuned, as we're talking about redefining the process for deciding King & Queen for this year so that it's not as random as it was in the past. There currently isn't a process for 'running' for the title, but we'll update you when we can!

(399 runs a great show, everyone. It's been a blast to work with their team's event manager. :) )

[Walter Deitzler]

I hope to make an appearance this year, as I had such a good time last year. I will be sure to purchase tickets early though, I almost missed out last year.

Can't wait!

[Andrew Lawrence]

Of course I must include in my first championship experience the famous RoboProm from 399. Can't wait to see the amazing event Gabriel and the rest of 399 put on this year.

[tr6scott]

Things I saw at Roboprom last year.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.638489809510229.1073741831.160266940665854&type=1

[davidfv]

Things I saw at Roboprom last year.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.638489809510229.1073741831.160266940665854&type=1

"Things I saw at RoboProm 2103
By Team 2137: TORC · Updated about 11 months ago"

From the title on your picture album, I hope that we are still conducting RoboProm in the year 2103 :) [Don't go fixing it now..]

Great pictures, I love how the students feel free to dress up, come as they are, or wear a costume. It is part of the great time students have coming to RoboProm. No judgement, no pressures of a high school prom. So looking forward to see what people are wearing this year. Hope to see you there!

[tr6scott]

From the title on your picture album, I hope that we are still conducting RoboProm in the year 2103 :) [Don't go fixing it now..]


Sorry, couldn't resist, had to fix...
The distant future, the year 2000.

[lerikson]

Wow! Looks like fun! I'll be sure to bring a case of WD-40 :D
:ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh:

[Aaron691]

Excited to say its my first time to Championships and RoboProm. Great way to end senior year in high school.

[Kelly180]

Can't wait to check it out. It has been talks in the SPAM Pit about this! I know I would love to chaperone our students and see what this is all about! :)

P.S. and I can relive my memories of missing Prom in 2002 for World Championship at Disneyworld. :)

[jozefg]

Hey!

My team is considering going to RoboProm this year. What are somethings that we should know?

1. What is considered "normal" to wear
2. What activities are there

[hammerhead_399]

Hey!

My team is considering going to RoboProm this year. What are somethings that we should know?

1. What is considered "normal" to wear
2. What activities are there

We'll be answering frequently asked questions, such as yours, over the days leading up to the event.

To your first question, there isn't a "normal" attire. You will find several people dressed well in tuxes and dresses. With the large amount of people dressed in costumes, duct tape suits, and LED lined dresses, "normal" isn't a thing at this event. :) Dress how you want!

There will be snacks and drinks to go along with the music and dancing. The event is still in the planning stages, so if more activities come along, it will be announced in this thread along with the RoboProm page on our team website.

[hammerhead_399]

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this an event for FIRST volunteers, too?
This event is primarily for current FIRST students. The amount of tickets we sell is chosen based on the maximum capacity of the ballroom we have booked. That number considers the students attending, the mentors that will be chaperoning them, and the individuals that are required to run the event.

How many mentors are allowed into the event per team?
We don't set a certain ratio of mentors per number of students. However, we do allow mentors in with the primary intent of chaperoning their team. We haven't had any issues in 7 years of hosting this event, but we expect the chaperons to help if anything out of the ordinary occurs.

I will continue to add FAQs over the next few days!

[Jade Z]

Chaperones are free, but do they need a ticket that is free, or do they just come in? Do they count towards the 1600 person limit?

Just trying to count tickets needed.

Thanks!

[hammerhead_399]

Chaperones are free, but do they need a ticket that is free, or do they just come in? Do they count towards the 1600 person limit?

Just trying to count tickets needed.

Thanks!

They are allowed to simply enter without any sort of chaperon ticket. You only need to purchase tickets for the students attending. The 1600 ticket limit considers students only. The max capacity limit is a safe number above that :)

[Jade Z]

They are allowed to simply enter without any sort of chaperon ticket. You only need to purchase tickets for the students attending. The 1600 ticket limit considers students only. The max capacity limit is a safe number above that :)

Thanks!

[Walter Deitzler]

Is there a place where we can find out how many tickets are left?

[hammerhead_399]

Is there a place where we can find out how many tickets are left?

You can ask me! Our school accountant wasn't able to set up the paypal with any sort of "in stock" type of deal to give live updates on how many tickets were left.

We have sold 302 tickets, which is ahead of last year's sales pace.


For those who are waiting to buy tickets, keep in mind that last year during the week before champs, we sold the tickets at an average rate of 115/day. If that rate increases as we expect it to, they are looking to sell out much, much sooner.

Plan ahead! Get tickets before it is too late!

[hammerhead_399]

This year for RoboProm, attendees will be able to nominate themselves for RoboProm court!

How it works:
Students will email a picture or video of themselves with a description on why they think they deserve to make RoboProm Court to RoboProm399@gmail.com. A panel of judges will then review the submissions and choose three females for queen court, and three males for king court. All king and queen nominees will be asked to sign in at the event. The final king and queen will be decided and announced at the event.

When it’s happening:
Submissions are open as of now Friday, April 11th 2014, and will continue until Saturday, April 19th 2014 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time.

If students wish, they may post to our Facebook event page, and to Twitter about their submission with #RoboProm. All negative or hateful comments will be deleted from posts. Group submissions will count as multiple separate individual submissions.

Good luck!

[Kelly180]

This year for RoboProm, attendees will be able to nominate themselves for RoboProm court!

How it works:
Students will email a picture or video of themselves with a description on why they think they deserve to make RoboProm Court to RoboProm399@gmail.com. A panel of judges will then review the submissions and choose three females for queen court, and three males for king court. All king and queen nominees will be asked to sign in at the event. The final king and queen will be decided and announced at the event.

When it’s happening:
Submissions are open as of now Friday, April 11th 2014, and will continue until Saturday, April 19th 2014 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time.

If students wish, they may post to our Facebook event page, and to Twitter about their submission with #RoboProm. All negative or hateful comments will be deleted from posts. Group submissions will count as multiple separate individual submissions.

Good luck!


Awesome, but can mentors and/or Chaperones submit/nominate king and queen? or is this just student based only?

[hammerhead_399]

Awesome, but can mentors and/or Chaperones submit/nominate king and queen? or is this just student based only?

Mentors and chaperons can nominate! Just remember that the student will have to sign in at the event if they are chosen as one of the final three.

[Kelly180]

Mentors and chaperons can nominate! Just remember that the student will have to sign in at the event if they are chosen as one of the final three.

Sweet! Thanks! Can't wait to see you guys there!!! SPAM is officially going! :) w00t!

[Jacob Bendicksen]

How many tickets are left? I'm trying to organize a group right now, but it might be a few days before it's solid.

[hammerhead_399]

How many tickets are left? I'm trying to organize a group right now, but it might be a few days before it's solid.

Yesterday, our sell count was 433.

1,167 are left as of now, but are selling at an increasing rate.

Edit: That number didn't include today's ticket sales. The actual number sold is 765.

[rich2202]

How many did you sell last year?

[mounikab]

Just bought the tickets for the Juniors and Seniors of 384! We're looking forward to RoboProm again this year! :)

[MrBydlon]

Roboprom tickets have been purchased for Team 3313!!

The team is super excited to dance the night away.

[Kelly180]

We will be purchasing our tickets this Saturday! at least I think we are.. :D

[hammerhead_399]

How many did you sell last year?

Last year, we sold 1388 pre-sale, and 112 at champs.

[hammerhead_399]

Important note about RoboProm ticket sales!

Due to a complication outside of our control, we are being forced to cut off pre-sale tickets at 1,400. We will sell the final 200 tickets at the championship event, first come, first serve.

We hope this doesn't inconvenience any one.

We are still looking forward to the greatest RoboProm yet!

[Shelybn]

Aces High 176 purchased tickets for our whole team to attend Roboprom. A few of our students attended in 2011. We are looking forward to this exciting event!!

[gc_coxen]

Hey everyone,
Tickets for roboprom just sold out. Looking to see if anyone is selling their ticket. Will pay full price! DM me if you have an extra ticket. Thanks

[hammerhead_399]

Hey everyone,
Tickets for roboprom just sold out. Looking to see if anyone is selling their ticket. Will pay full price! DM me if you have an extra ticket. Thanks

They didn't sell out yet. We still have about 200 tickets that we will be selling in person at champs. The location of ticket sales/pickup will be announced soon.

[S.P.A.M.er]

Does anyone know if SPAM and SMASH got their tickets already?

[MissDaisyGirl]

Looks like Miss Daisy, Team 341, got her tickets just in time! Looking forward to a great event. Thanks to Team 399 for putting this on.

[dsmoker]

Wow, looks like 558 got their tickets just in time, too. My daughter would have killed me if I hadn't come through. It's all she's been talking about, since even before we qualified.

[DarrinMunter]

We just had 2 more students ask if they could join the small group from our team going. If anyone has any extra tickets they don't need please message me.

Thanks,

[hammerhead_399]

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this an event for FIRST volunteers, too?
This event is primarily for current FIRST students. The amount of tickets we sell is chosen based on the maximum capacity of the ballroom we have booked. That number considers the students attending, the mentors that will be chaperoning them, and the individuals that are required to run the event.

How many mentors are allowed into the event per team?
We don't set a certain ratio of mentors per number of students. However, we do allow mentors in with the primary intent of chaperoning their team. We haven't had any issues in 7 years of hosting this event, but we expect the chaperons to help if anything out of the ordinary occurs.


When and where will tickets be sold at the championship event?
We will be selling tickets in the courtyard with the FIRST banner. Sales begin on Wednesday at 5:00 PM, and will be first come, first serve.
http://i.imgur.com/qw8DWYOl.jpg

Can I reserve tickets?
We will not be reserving tickets for anyone.

[Shadowfl]

Does anyone know if SPAM and SMASH got their tickets already?

S*M*A*S*H ordered their tickets

[Walter Deitzler]

So what happens if the email for our paypal receipt was somehow accidentally deleted by the owner of the paypal account?

[S.P.A.M.er]

S*M*A*S*H ordered their tickets

Thanks William!! I know where my butt will be at 4:30 on Wednesday

[hammerhead_399]

So what happens if the email for our paypal receipt was somehow accidentally deleted by the owner of the paypal account?

Send an email to roboprom399@gmail.com, describe the situation, and provide the buyer's name, team name, and team number, and we will see what we can figure out.

[hammerhead_399]

We are three days away from RoboProm!

A couple important reminders:

Tickets sold at the championship event are $25.

Ticket sales/pick up will be held in the courtyard with the large FIRST banner. The map posted earlier in the thread shows where!

We'll be there on Wednesday from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, and Thursday from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

Don't forget your receipt!

[chamingflicken]

Hi everyone,
Unfortunately, we were not able to purchase tickets for RoboProm because they ran out before we got to the front of the line. However, some members of my team (including myself) were really hoping to go. If you or anyone you know has extra tickets, PLEASE inbox me! We would need 3 or 4 tickets but if you just have one that would help. We are willing to pay $25, so you would get a 5 dollar profit if you prepurchased. This means a lot so if you aren't deadset on going please tell us!
Thank you so much!

[brentyi]

One of 846's members is also looking for a ticket, and would also be willing to pay $25+ for it.

(probably also looking for a date, preferably female... but I haven't been asked to help him find one so not making any promises)



If interested, please call our mentor Mister Fernando, or ask for Srinjoy in our pits in Newton.
Fernando's number is (650) 483-1030. Yes, he does check his messages.


EDIT: He got his ticket, still no date!

[MrTechCenter]

If anyone has any extra tickets, 2073 will buy all that we can. Text me at 916-803-9905 if you have any!

[MrTechCenter]

We just need ONE more ticket! If you have just ONE extra ticket, or if someone in your party dropped out, please text/call me at 916-803-9905 or message me here. We'll pick it up and pay at the event or somewhere nearby if we have to.

[Lewis Nerone]

Okay, are we still able to pay at the door? I heard that in the pits and want to confirm. Thanks