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I will send by pm.

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Team 359 Sustainability/Grant Writing conference is confirmed at 4pm on Wed April 23rd.
We plan to give away "Hawaii and Team 359 prizes" such as MacNut chocolates, similar at regionals with our trivia and raffle giveaways we did the past 2 weeks in our pit.

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I found the schedule.

http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default... e%203.21.pdf

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I have to admit I am disappointed that our conference, a career panel discussion with women in STEM careers, was not selected this year. We have held this for 4 years straight and it has been very popular. I noticed that FIRST is holding their own, similar panel discussion. Perhaps they felt it was duplicated.


Thanks for all of you who have participated with this in the past, either as a panelist or attendee.

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I'm actually relieved that our talk on timing and strategy in FRC was not accepted. Having heard nothing from FIRST we hadn't done the organization to prep for the talk. Now, with 3.5 weeks until the event I don't think we could pull it off effectively.

I just wish they'd let us know earlier. (Or at all)

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The abstracts for the conference presentations will be posted to the FIRST website soon. Please share with your teams if you will be in St. Louis.

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I'll repeat what I said last year, it would be great if all the conference sessions could be recorded and linked on usfirst.org

So many non-attending teams would benefit from all the information.

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My understanding is they will be. I opted out because I will put on NEMO site.

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Thanks. I was hoping to get to the NEMO meeting, but my volunteer assignment is going to keep me very busy.

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There is an updated schedule and abstracts posted.

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...nd-conferences

I am presenting on Thursday morning (back-fill for a cancelled presentation) on Continuous Improvement. The info and abstract is below and it is targeted to teams at all levels of "performance" and experience.

8:00—8:45 AM, Room 230
Continuous Improvement: How to Continue to Learn & Improve in the
FIRST Year | Chris Fultz, FRC Team 0234

Seeking "continuous improvement" doesn't have to mean you did anything wrong. A focus on continuous improvement means you want to take your team performance and make it better. This could mean changing a design, changing behavior, learning a new skill or performing specialized testing to address a robotic myth. This presentation will cover how to identify areas for improvement, how to identify a capability gap, how to document your work and will end with some examples of small projects and larger projects based on "one factor at a time" methodology.

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Do you have to register to attend the presentations or can you just show up?

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http://www3.usfirst.org/roboticsprog...nd-conferences

FIRST Championship Conferences Registration

The FIRST Championship Conferences are free of charge and open to all. First access to seats will be given to individuals that have completed registration. Please note that completing registration greatly increases the likelihood that you will be able to enter the presentation you select. However, it does not guarantee that you will have a seat reserved. All seats will be open 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start of a session. Please be sure to arrive on time!

Click here to access the FIRST Championship Conferences Registration.
Note: Registration is not available for the Chairman's Chat panel discussion in the Ferrara Theater.

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Are there any plans to record any of the conferences? I will not be in St. Louis this year and many of these sound very interesting.

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Yes, some of the presentations will be recorded and available after the championships.

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Currently do you know around when and on what website(s) we'll be able to view the conference recordings?