Where Are You Volunteering?

[Boydean]

Since FIRST events are ran mostly by volunteers, and a lot of users on here do so. I thought it might interesting to see what FIRST events people are planning on volunteering at.

[commodoredl]

I'm volunteering at the Finger Lakes FLL Regional event this weekend.
First time. :)

[tim_reiher]

I'll be volunteering at a few FLL events this winter, and I hope to (in future years, probably) volunteer at championship, kickoff, and/or a regional or two.

[Zuhaib Ali]

I just volunteered last saturday at the TDSB East FLL Tournament. I'm heading to the VEX competetion being held in St. Catherines this coming Saturday :) . Most of my time volunteering has been spent on FLL and a little bit of FTC and VEX. Mainly local FIRST related events.

Since the time i have joined FIRST in 2007, i've accumulated 40+ volunteering hours. This is not alot in comparison to many other people i know who've probably spent 100-150+ hours of volunteering in FIRST. I couldn't imagine FIRST without volunteers.

[EricH]

Planning to volunteer in L.A. It's the second year in a row that L.A. and my spring break coincide.

[Akash Rastogi]

Reffing for my 3rd year and helping to coordinate volunteers at the NJ State FLL Tournament at Mt. Olive High School for the first time. December 13th should be fun. :)

Not sure as of right now, but maybe volunteering at the NJ FTC Tournament (if I'm not coaching the FTC teams).

[R.C.]

Reffing for my 3rd year and helping to coordinate volunteers at the NJ State FLL Tournament at Mt. Olive High School for the first time. December 13th should be fun. :)

Not sure as of right now, but maybe volunteering at the NJ FTC Tournament (if I'm not coaching the FTC teams).

Hey, I'm helping out with FLL on the same day. I mentored a couple teams and it was pretty fun!

[Akash Rastogi]

Hey, I'm helping out with FLL on the same day. I mentored a couple teams and it was pretty fun!

Definitely an enlightening experience. I've mentored FLL and FTC teams and it is a big difference there though, haha.

[Steve Kaneb]

I'm volunteering at the MA state FLL tournament, held here at WPI.
I'm also volunteering for the CT regional for FRC next year.

[Nawaid Ladak]

Florida Regional

and if money/economy/pricing permits Championships (if i stay home, i get to go to FX Con so it's a win win for me :D )

[cdennisxlx2]

San Diego - official scorer [not 100% solid on this yet, but its a 99% chance] lol
and maybe championship, not sure yet

[Andrew Schreiber]

All FLL tournaments held at Carmen Ainsworth (Genesee county) as a technical judge.

Most likely Kettering District event though I may end up working for Kettering instead.

Possibly Championship.

[bduddy]

St. Louis-first year out of high school, first time :) Although I am a bit worried about the class I'm going to miss...

[smurfgirl]

This is my first year volunteering at FRC competition events. (I've done FTC and FLL before.)
I registered on VIMS, but haven't gotten a confirmation of my position yet, so as of now I'm just assuming I'll be volunteering at both the Boston and the Connecticut Regional this year.
Boston because I'm right here for college, Connecticut because it's my home regional (20 minutes from my house) and it coincides with my spring break. It will definitely be cool to watch all those teams I once played with from the other end of things.

[Michael Corsetto]

I'm on the planning committee for the UC Davis/Sacramento Regional. It helps when you go to school where the regional is being held :p

[Valkyries_698]

I'll be helping out a few of the phoenix-metro area teams, I also help out
The Arizona regional planning committee, and help out at the regional.

[Wayne Doenges]

I'm going to volunteer for Robot Inspector for the Boilermaker Regional.
If we get to go to the Championship, I will volunteer for Robot Inspector there too.

[kjhobin]

I volunteered @ NJ, NYC, and Philly for Website Judge.
Would physically volunteer at Philly regional but it runs during Drexel finals. :mad:
Maybe next year.

[Elgin Clock]

My list of volunteering for this upcoming FRC season, & the remainder of this year (for both FLL & FTC) is pretty large as always.

Let's just say, wherever & whenever I am needed, I'll be there. :)


So far for 2009 I'm signed up for the CT Regional.
I'm all official in VIMS for that already.
Horray for field set-up on Wednesday!

I may volunteer in some way or another in NYC '09 as well since my team is also attending that event, but I'm not certain yet.

Also, if I'm in Atlanta, I'll be joining the volunteer crew there as well.

I've been volunteering at various (and numerous) FIRST events since 2001, & I'm not going to be stopping any time soon. :cool:

[synth3tk]

I've signed up for Buckeye and Championships. This year I'm going to plan early to go down there, even if my team isn't going. I want to go down there sometime before I die.

[Ed Sparks]

Peachtree - Lead Robot Inspector
Championship - Lead Robot Inspector

[KathieK]

I'm in VIMS for Boston & CT FRC events. Unfortunately the CT FTC event conflicts with the Boston FRC event. :-(

[AndyB]

Web Judging for Wisco and Minnesota. Inspecting on Thursday at Minnesota.

[Madison]

I'm a judge coordinator at the Seattle Regional FLL Qualifying Event my team is organizing this weekend and I'm pretty sure I'll be a robot inspector at our FTC tournament on the 14th.

I spend all of my time during the FRC volunteering with my team, though I guess most people don't really consider that to be volunteering at all.

[Graham Donaldson]

1676 has been asked to go and help set up NJ on Wednesday, so I should be going down with them. I'm gonna look into volunteering at NYC, too.

[Nica F.]

FLL regional this weekend here in Indy. :] (clearly i thought that smilie would be appropriate) lol
As for FRC, I'm having a hard time deciding where I'm going and if they'll allow me to volunteer 2 out of 3 days seeing Thursdays are usually my fly in days. I'll be at other events with a team like Boilermaker Regional.
I'm currently picking between LA Regional and Florida as a volunteering destination.

[Grant Cox]

I'll hopefully be volunteering at the Cass Tech MI district event, seeing as it's over my spring break and 217 will be there... :)

[Andy Baker]

Here's my schedule:

Week 1: Washington DC Regional, Lead Inspector
Week 2: San Diego Regional, Head Ref.
Week 3: Detroit district event, Head Ref. (is that Cass Tech?)
Week 4: Boilermaker Regional, Lead Inspector
Week 5: Hawaii Regional, Head Ref.
Week 6: making up with my wife and daughters

Andy B.

[IndySam]

Las Vegas Baby!

[Beth Sweet]

As of right now, I will be co-MCing the Lansing District with Dave Verbrugge, should be fun!

Oh yeah, and inspecting robots at all competitions I attend. What, I inspect how pretty they all are!!!

[Koko Ed]

Definite: Queing @ FLR in week 2
Queing @ Championship



Tentative:Queing @ DC in week 1
Queing @ Florida in week 3
Queing @either Phili, Chesepeake or Waterloo depending on what my team does in week 4.
Queing @ GTR in week 5
Queing @ Michigan Championship in week 6
it all depends on my vacation scheduling (I work in a union so vacation is given out based on seniority and I am the lowest trucker by decades in my area)

My off season schedule won't be known until the off season is actually scheduled. Rah Cha Cha Ruckus is a definite and so is IRI. Queing @ both

[Libby K]

Various FTC/FLL events here in NJ and the NYC area- you name it, I'm probably there. With a few exceptions, of course.

My FRC season:

Week 1: NJ Regional w/team 1923 (Definite)
Week 2: Volunteering at Boston (Definite)
Week 3: Senior trip to Disney. Sorry, no FIRST this weekend. (Definite)
Week 4: Philly? (1923 is on the waitlist, so I may not be volunteering)
Week 5: Volunteering at Long Island?
Week 6: I'd like to volunteer at the Michigan event. Just to see what it's like.

Championship: Competing with 1923.

[Nate Smith]

My current schedule (subject to change, but probably not):

Northern Maine FLL Championship
Manchester, NH Kickoff - Fri & Sat
BAE Granite State Regional


This is not alot in comparison to many other people i know who've probably spent 100-150+ hours of volunteering in FIRST. I couldn't imagine FIRST without volunteers.
*cringes at the thought of trying to figure out all of my hours* (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=242589&postcount=1 <<-just through '04)

[Grant Cox]

Week 3: Detroit district event, Head Ref. (is that Cass Tech?)

It is. Should be a good time, eh

[ChrisH]

I will be at Los Angeles and Phoenix as a volunteer. I will probably also be attending Las Vegas, I'm not sure about volunteering there though

[sayso_411]

Volunteered:
Capital Region-Maggie Walker HS (Richmond)

[rsisk]

San Diego - Field setup and tear down, team mentor
Los Angeles - Field setup and tear down, judge
Phoenix - Maybe field setup and tear down

[=Martin=Taylor=]

SVR - Hopefully robot inspector, or field reset.

Davis - maybe.

[Nin_estarSaerah]

Our team is hosting an FLL regional in our gym, and I'm a ref. We volunteered at the practice match this year and last year. I love working with FLL, it's great to see kids so young developing their interests.

[GoSparx]

This could be my least amount of events volunteering to date :-( but its ok because its the best regional:

FINGER LAKES REGIONAL FTW!!!!!!!!!!! :ahh:

[emmell]

How's this for a list:

12/6/08 - Running the CircuitRunner FLL Qualifier (Georgia FLL)
12/13/08 - Head Ref at the Palmer MS FLL Qualifier
1/10/09 - Running the NW Georgia FLL Super Regional
1/31/09 - Assisting our Operational Partner at the Georgia FLL State Tournament
2/14/09 - Judge Advisor for the Tennessee FTC Tournament
2/21/09 - Running the Georgia FTC Tournament
3/12-14/09 - Head Scorekeeper for the Peachtree FRC Regional
4/15-18/09 - Field Manager at the FTC Championships

Oh, and mentoring 2-3 FTC and 2-3 FRC teams. Yes, I am a FIRST-a-Holic.

[Nate Smith]

This is my first year volunteering at FRC competition events. (I've done FTC and FLL before.)
I registered on VIMS, but haven't gotten a confirmation of my position yet, so as of now I'm just assuming I'll be volunteering at both the Boston and the Connecticut Regional this year.

You should be getting an e-mail sometime soon from the volunteer coordinator for those events. I know they are first recruiting what FIRST considers to be "key volunteer" positions (lead inspectors, referees, scoring system operators, etc.), and then they work on sorting out who does what's left...

[Wetzel]

I'm volunteering as Website Judge Coordinator for DC. The least I could do after volunteering my mom to be Volunteer Coordinator. http://www.caazone.com/boards/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

Wetzel

[JaneYoung]

The least I could do after volunteering my mom to be Volunteer Coordinator.
Go Mom!

[A. Snodgrass]

I'm volunteering for the FRC Hawai'i Regional, as well as volunteering with the Hawai'i Regional Planning Committee. So if I can get dragged in, I probably will for any events on O'ahu including the Pan Pacific VEX Competition this weekend. I might do a mainland event, however that is still up in the air.:)

[Courtneyb1023]

Sorry for reviving this dead-ish thread. But, I’m curious:

1. Where you are all volunteering?
2. What the 1st week volunteers have to say about volunteering (scorers, refs, judges, inspectors, field reset etc.)

As for me, I’ll be at the Kettering and Troy district events in Michigan.
-C

[Sparky384Mom]

This will be my 6th year volunteering at NASA/VCU Reg. And I have volunteered at Championship the last 4 years. And I love it! My son graduated in 06 and I still keep coming back. He is in Iraq right now in the Marines and it makes me feel a little closer to him.

One question pleae. Does anyone know how I can get the word out that I make red white and blue FIRST logo earrings, pins, and hair barretts? I am trying to raise money to pay my way to Atlanta this year. I'm don't think I will be able to afford the trip this year. :(

Go Sparky384! Go FIRST!

[mrmummert]

I'm in VIMS for Nasa/VCU...supposed to be for pit admin desk or parts...also maybe field resets.
Sparky 384 mom...maybe you can mention something to Matt Glennon on
Thursday as he should be doing the announcements then. Also maybe talk
to Jeff Seaton. Matt is back home now and said he should be acting as field
supervisor this year.If nothing else talk to Dee or Patty

[KF987]

I will volunteer at the Las Vegas regional. Field Reset.

-Keaton

[Wetzel]

I was at DC volunteering, and will be in Annapolis with my team, hopefully not volunteering. I'm really sad to miss VCU this year. :(

Wetzel

[mtaman02]

NJ Regional - Spare Parts Attendant, Field Assy / Dis-Assy. & NI Tech Secretary lol he was cool sad we probably won't work together again though :(

Finger Lakes Regional - FTAA / Field Bouncer

NYC Regional - Field Repair/Reset

SBPLI - Team Queuing OR Spare Parts Attendant

Champs - Unknown

Off-Seasons - Unknown

[Koko Ed]

Queing @
DC
FLR
Florida
Phili
GTR
Michigan
Championships

and then there's the off season....

[VEN]

I'm volunteering at the Waterloo regional as pit announcer :)

[synth3tk]

Volunteered at Buckeye Regional. This is my first year (FUN!) of volunteering, it was really fun and tiring. I was originally crowd control, but was reassigned to field reset, which I loved.

One thing for field resetters to watch out for are teams pulling balls from the bins before they're full, and teams pulling balls from the wrong bins, either from other alliance members or the opposite alliance. We've had countless matches hold because of that, along with technical difficulties (lol @ USB soundcards).

[EricH]

Planning to volunteer in L.A. It's the second year in a row that L.A. and my spring break coincide.
To update, I'm field setup/teardown and field reset.

[Andrew Schreiber]

All FLL tournaments held at Carmen Ainsworth (Genesee county) as a technical judge.

Most likely Kettering District event though I may end up working for Kettering instead.

Possibly Championship.

Update:

Tech Judged all 3 FLL tournaments in Flint.

Kettering Student Ambassador FIRST Team Leader at Traverse City

Photographer at Kettering District (397\27 competing)

Week Off (That pesky thing called school that Ive been neglecting for the last 7 weeks, also seeing parents at a NON robotics related event called dinner)

Lansing (397/27 competing)

Troy (397 competing) Other week off unless I can get one of my final exams moved,if I can I will probably be working with 397 (for once)

Ypsi - (Off from school yay!) Depending on work schedule and or 397 qualifying.

Championship - Working scholarship row, come look for me at Kettering's booth. You know you dont wanna talk to those silly recruiters, talk to real students!

Off season

Kettering Kickoff - Photographer or Ambassador, still up in the air, also 397 more than likely competing.

You know, one of these years I am going to keep a tally of how many hours I put into first, just so I can monetarily describe my obsession. :) By the way, if you see me at any event (look for the guy in the 397 shirt with a camera and it is probably me, that or look for Kettering shirts also with a camera, still me) say hi, I love meeting new people, just dont be in a hurry, I can usually be quite talkative. (As you can tell by this post, but it wouldnt be me without commentary)

[Akash Rastogi]

NJ Student Ambassador team leader

[David Brinza]

Staff position at OKC.

Robot inspector at San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Atlanta.

[RoboMom]

We are still recruiting for many positions for the Week 4 Chesapeake Regional. I was able to talk to lots of people during my 3 days in the pits in DC, many of whom are already committed to Week 4 at VCU or Philly, but some are able to help us out. Many FIRST alums signing up. We are looking forward to seeing the 55 teams (I think for about 75% of them, Chesapeake will be their 2nd event) from 9 states + DC + the UK.

PM me with your email and I will send you the specifics about openings, and logistics for the US Naval Academy.

[KathieK]

FRC kickoff - Manchester, NH - workshop presenter

Boston - VIP Ambassador; Website Evaluator; member of Boston Regional Mentor Group

Connecticut - FIRST Impressions Coordinator (I staff a booth with info about FIRST for any member of the public who inquires and help with Scholarship Row info); VIP Ambassador Leader; Website Evaluator Advisor; member of Regional planning committee and Executive Advisory Board.

Off-seasons.

NEMO meetings and workshops throughout the year.

[draconar]

Peachtree - scorekeeper/alternate referee

Unfortunately Pittsburgh and Peachtree are the same weekend, so I can't volunteer at home and at school.

[Sparky384Mom]

Thanks. I wish I could announce it at the event, but FIRST doesn't allow selling anything at an event. Also VCU would have to get a percentage.
I haven't been on Delphie very much so I'm not sure how to get the word out here.

[EricLeifermann]

I'll be at Wisconsin scoring moon rocks in peoples trailers....

[Libby K]

I'll be volunteering at Boston and Hawaii. See you there!

[Courtneyb1023]

I have attending and volunteering at GLR since 2003 and I'm really sad that there wont be a Great Lakes Regional. I've heard that the Michigan state event is supposed to sort of replace GLR but it will still be missed!

Courtney

[IndySam]

I'll be volunteering at Boston and Hawaii. See you there!

Tough duty.

[Raumiester2010]

volenteered for cass tech,

havent gotten a confermation e mail yet though...

[MrFixIt2719]

I am volunteering at the cass tech regional and the detroit regional. i will also be volunteering for the marc event and the FLL at our high school.

[sillyone]

This week I will be volunteering at the Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition in Flint, Mi @ Kettering University

Thursday I will be on the Safety Crew
Friday & Saturday I will be a queuer

So if any of y'all will be there I will see you there This weekend

GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS!!!!!! :)

[AndyB]

I'm web judging for Wisco, Northstar, and 10,000 Lakes. I'm inspecting on Thursday at Wisco and Northstar.

[Raul]

I will be a referee at SVR.

[Petra Hartman]

Hopefully the Philadelphia Regional!

[Taylor]

I'll be pit queuing at BMR. First time volunteer. Maybe with a cool t-shirt and lanyard, I can trick the kids into believing I'm somewhat important.

[JaneYoung]

I'm volunteering as an "Other" at the Lone Star Regional in Houston. Let's see:
safety glasses - check
sense of humor - check
hammer for nailing down jello - check

I think I've got it and if I don't, I'll find it. Can't wait to see everyone at Lone Star!

[powerkane]

im volunteering in the FRC at lansing, MI and west MI comps

[robodude03]

I am volunteering at the Vegas Regional as a Judge :) This will be my third year volunteering. I have been a match scorer and referree before.

[Hiteak]

I'm volunteering at FLR for set up/ tear down, judges assistant, and whatever else needs to be done.

[mplanchard]

I am volunteering as a judge in BAE Granite State Manchester and at championship. Also SolidWorks is a sponsor for the Boston Regional. I do a robot workshop for Boston and help out an FLL and FTC team. If after-FIRST summer events count - there are alot of those too; it just doesnt stop. Marie

[boy_scout72688]

I am field power controller for Detroit District and also the website advisor for Detroit, Cass Tech, State Championships, and Kettering

[alicen]

i'm volunteering at the peachtree regional and at championships :)
i'll also be at palmetto, but we'll be competing there

[MarcD79]

I just finished volunteering @ the Connecticut Regional. I was field Set-up, take-down & FTAA. This is my 1st major FIRST event!

I have been field set-up, take-down, field reset & whatever else needs to be done @ the Suffield Scrimmage, AKA Suffield Shakedown since the 02-03 season.

Volunteered for the CT FFL Regional @ Lego in Enfield, CT for several years.

For those who went to CT, all you have to do is watch for the guy with the Indiana hat & dances a lot, I still can't compete w/dancing Dave the Ref.... Look for me next year, I'm hooked!

[Wayne Doenges]

I just signed up to be a Robot Inspector at CMP.

[IndySam]

I volunteered for something at championships!

[Andrew Schreiber]

Championship - Scholarship Row, come visit me at the Kettering table even if you just wanna chat scholarships. I will be the shorter student.

[Btower]

Detroit District - Field Supervisor
Troy District - Field Supervisor
Michigan Championships - Field Supervisor
Championships - Judge

Best seat in the house as Field Supervisor
I get to meet the Greatest People as a Judge

[BurtGummer]

I did field reset at the Las Vegas Regional, and queuing in the morning, both on Saturday.

[Gene F]

Tricounty Tech FLL Regional, South Carolina - MC
FLL State Tournament, South Carolina - MC
Clemson FRC Kickoff - Controller Intro/Training
Palmetto Regional - cRio Support Person
Championship FTC - MC

I've volunteered for many roles over the years, queuing, spare parts, inspector, Field attendant, Announcer, pit announcer, take down,...

FIRST is a great program and I'll do whatever I can to make sure this thing continues. If I can help anyone with anything related to FIRST, let me know! I'll check my calendar and see where I can fit it in! (Within travel restrictions :) )

So far I've been as far as VCU to the north, Epcot to the South and Huston/Austin TX West for FIRST. Oh yeah, I visited Dean's house once! Cool place, you gotta go if you get the chance.

[powerkane]

from the 2 events i volunteered at for the FRC they had me on ball repair now im obsesed with ball repair if i see a orbit ball broken i repair it....... i think the only volunteer that acualy works is the ball/feild repairer. my judgement from experiance, but im going to volunteer at more events next year because of the front row seats:cool:

[Nica F.]

i think the only volunteer that acualy works is the ball/feild repairer.

I strongly disagree, and would start telling you why, but it would turn into a rant and I don't think I want to get into that right now.


More on topic,
Does anyone know when we get official jobs assigned for champs? I'm just excited and was wondering if anyone was already given positions because I haven't got any word yet.

[mtaman02]

More on topic,
Does anyone know when we get official jobs assigned for champs? I'm just excited and was wondering if anyone was already given positions because I haven't got any word yet.

Yea, should've gotten them already. I got mine already but still waiting on a confirmation on one of them =).

email frcsimpson@gmail.com to see whats going on =)

[GaryVoshol]

Thunderquest FLL
State (Novi) FLL
State (Flint) FLL
Traverse City District
Kettering District
Cass Tech District
Detroit (Wayne State) District
Troy District
Michigan Championship
FLL World Festival

[IndySam]

Looks like FTC ref for me.