Volunteering
 

This if for all the volunteers...whos volunteering where and whos doing what?

I'm volunteering at the NJ regional...they say that I'm the pit announcer but when I inquired as to what my duties were they said this: "You work as of part of a team with the MC to energize the teams and spectators, generate and maintain interest, enth., and excitement throughout the matches. Announce play-by-play commentary for each match. Manage flow of match play and maintaining the pace of the event."

So I assume that this means that I'm the announcer for the event...if this is the case...WOOHOO if not could someone please tell me what the real deal is? I'd appreciate it.

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I'll be volunteering at Sacramento, UTC, and Nationals.

So far I'm reffing at Sac. and doing field setup/teardown, and field reset at UTC.

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You should* be able to find me at the following events

Week 1 - Finger lakes Regional
Week 2 - UTC New England Regional
Week 3 - Chesapeake Regional
Week 4 - NYC Regional
Week 5 - Greater Toronto Regional

Week "6" - Championship Event [in Atlanta, Ga.]

I will be working in a variety of roles this year. Mainly though if you would like to find me, look near the Scorekeepers table.

*Just because i will be there doesn't mean you will be able to find me.

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I was signed up for Palmetto and the Championship, but I scratched Palmetto in order to help 1293. If 1293, by some random miracle, goes to Atlanta, I'll probably hunt for a replacement there, too.

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I'll be volunteering at NJ this year even though i am attending NJ, Palmetto and Nats :)

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Sounds like you are the GAME/EVENT ANNOUNCER! (you're special!) :D
That is a swell job; take care of that voice!

I'm hoping to volunteer for the Long Island Regional, if not I'll be at the NJ Regional.
Then I'll be at the NYC Regional.
Hope to see some CD folks! :)

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I hate to crack down on your hopes, but I'd double check with the volunteer coordinator about the job description of "pit announcer." As far as I'm am aware; roles such as play-by-play Announcer and MC are selected by Regional committees long ahead of time because such roles require a certain amount of training. In addition, Regional committees are really selective about who they put behind a microphone on the field - they prefer people they know, trust, and have experience (experience is becoming rare these days, but it's funny they won't train more people. They just spread the same amount of people thinner every year).

I'm an "on call" volunteer for Saturday of BAE, refereeing UTC, a safety advisor for Philadelphia, and working the FIRST Robotics Conferences in Atlanta.

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Erin, don't forget that you promised me your Segway for Championships. I will be there looking for you. I will also be announcing at Rochester, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Waterloo ant Greater Toronto Regional.

Pit announce is not the same as game announce. It is still a demanding job. Erin is right when she said that special training is required. If you listen to me announce then you should do the exact opposite. I blow my voice out at every event and am now paying the piper. I have had a sore throat for more than a year. If you were to be a Game Announcer then you would have received an email from Blair H with training suggestions.

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Ok well I emailed the person that has been in contact with me...he said that I was pit announcer first and then sent me that description...I emailed him back for clarical purposes, and am awaiting a response...for those of you that DO announce, what do I have to do in order to do that? Ever since I started FIRST i've wanted to be behind the mic doing the play by play. I've done some announcing at off season competitions, but where do i go from there?

HELP ME! LOL

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Follow this link http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28424 to a thread that you started.

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I was going to be primary scorekeeper at Lone Star, but due to our main mentor/coach moving to Abu Dahbi, I've been bumped up to coach at all our events. Nothing like GLR for your inaugural stint as a coach, lemme tell ya.

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I plan to volunteer at LA and Nationals, but I haven't gotten around to signing forms.

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Thats not entirly true, Erin, acctually its wrong because according to an email sent to me last monday (feb 21) I will most likely be one of the emcee's at the NJ Regional, and that i would be getting information about some web-based training for my postion

and this is from the FIRST VIMS website :

that was what i got when i clicked on the link about Master of Ceremonies

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I just found out I would be able to go to BAE the other day, and thus didn't sign up until then. I still haven't gotten anything back, but I'll be there on Saturday anyway.

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I know that Karthik will be training for MC at Waterloo with Blair and then I believe that he will be MC in Toronto. It is true that there are limited MC's out there. Don't forget that MC and announcers carry the flow of the event. If you have bad on or the other then there can be problems. It takes a lot to keep things alive and well for 2 days. Check out Blair or Dave V if you want to see how hard these guys work. Mark L has to take breaks between matches because he is so intense. I once thought that the MC didn't do much till I worked with them. Blair and Dave I know do a lot of prep work before even coming to an event.

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For those that are just signing up. There is a new screening procedure that everyone must pass before they can volunteer. After you sign up on VIMS you will be contacted by an outside company for screening. ALL of your info, including references, must be filled in before you can be screened. You have to answer some questions and the references may or may not be contacted.

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That is correct. I'll be shadowing Blair in Waterloo, along with generally making sure the event is running smoothly. The following week, I'll be making my regular season debut as an MC in Toronto. After learning from the best in Blair, I plan on making the Toronto regional a high energy, excitement filled event.

I'll also be the lead tech inspector for Pittsburgh.

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Hey steve,


seems like you and i will be working together at pittsburgh. I was announced as the Head Referee for the event!!

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I'm volunteering at:
VCU - Field Set Up, Inspecting, Scorekeeping and VIP tours
Annapolis - Field Set Up, Reffing
Atlanta - Have not fully finalized travel plans so have not signed up yet.

Wetzel

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UCF: Field setup on Wed

Safety Advisor Thur, Fri, Sat

Everyone at UCF better wear their safety glasses because i am coming after you!
:p

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What can I say, I think I've become a queuing wench... after chasing down late teams at NJ and Philly last year. Maybe it had something to do with getting to use a walkie-talkie.... They're just too much fun.

Pittsburgh - Queuing
Philly - Head of Queuing once again
Nationals - signed up for Queuing, but no reply yet.

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as of yesterday I will be a ref at the peachtree regional....

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Well I got the email back from Kevin Nolan, and he said that I will in fact be the Game Announcer at Trenton, he hasn't said anything about training, but there is still time until the competition. I can't wait.

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Congrats!
NJ/NY Regional will often team up experienced and rookie volunteers for VIP (very important positions) like game announcement, head referee, inspection and field supervisor. :)

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I volunteered for NJ and Philly regionals. I haven't heard from anyone officially, yet, but Rich Kressly tells me I'm on the list to be an inspector at Philly.

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I'm assisting with three Conference workshops in Atlanta and hope to meet a lot of you at them!
(The rest of the time I'm chaperoning the team because SOMEBODY has to! :) )

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I am volunteering at Annapolis.

I will be Team Queuing, so in other words if you are not on deck then you are going to get yelled at! :ahh:

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I am volunteering at the boilermaker regional. So far, I am crowd control. Hopefully I will stay crowd control. If anybody else will be there, drop me a line!

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I'll be the same thing I was in Philly last year, the regional manager's assistant....basically help Carol and Louisa make sure everything's running smoothly.

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Anyone know what the pit announcer does? In all of my competitions I was rarely in the stands doing scounting so I didn't get a chance to notice them that much. If anyone can inform me as to the pit announcers duties are? I'd really appreciate it.

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The pit anouncer makes the match announcements for the queuing crew, along with safety announcements, help calls [ie... team #xxx needs .... if you have extra come to the pit announcers table.] and the like.... i remeber at nationals in 2001 the pit announcer was passing on some fun messages [ie. britney spears, your party is waiting for you on the curie field... ect.]

The guy at NJ last year was a lot of fun... we were missing a team in queing and he got on the speaker trying to get them there... he was like "Team #xxx you have just won a prize. Team #xxx meet 'so and so' at the queuing entrance to claim your prize" we had two students come running over wanting to get the prize and we were like "you have to have your robot with you to get it."

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Awesome :cool:

The Boilermaker regional still needs volunteers. So.. if you're going to be in the area and your team isn't competing that weekend, then sign up and come on over to be a part of Indiana robotics at its best! From what I understand they still need refs, scorers, robot inspectors, pit announcers and a few more things. Show your dedication to FIRST and sign up! It would make my day.

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Here is FIRST's description of the Job!

https://my.usfirst.org/volunteer/pos...tannouncer.htm

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I'm signing up to be scorekeeper at LA (last second sub for the person doing it the rest of the competition), but I'm having VIMS issues.

I signed up, and finished everything, but I can't finish contact info for some reason. I have everything except for Title & Company/School on the primary address and Company/School on the secondary address, and a phone
number extension, and I have a big red X on that tab

This is urgent. Any help is appreciated.

(I also E-mailed this to volunteer@usfirst.org , hopefully I can get a response by tomorrow)

-Daniel

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A question to all:
I'm working on finalizing some plans on getting to nationals this year without my team, and I would plan on volunteering. Is it too late to sign up? I know that FIRST sent out a call for volunteers a week or two ago, but I don't know if that has been fulfilled. Also, since I'm not sure if I'm going yet 100%, should I sign up now or wait until I have received confirmation?
Thanks,
Alex Pelan

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I was field reset at Pittsburgh and Philly

This year's game was very enjoyable to watch, and being right next to the field was a great place to watch it from. My job (for most of the time) was to remove the hanging tetra from one of the pocket goals, if it was not downed in autonomus. Reset the human stacks, easy stuff.

We had a problem at Philly, about 20 tetras broke thruout both days, and only one or two broke at Pitt.

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Figure out if you are going or not, then sign up. If they need help, they will contact you.

Wetzel

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Bump. Please please help. It still isn't working, and the comp starts tomorrow. Now my e-mail is showing as a duplicate, but I don't know to what. I still haven't had any form of an interview yet either. I'm desperate!

-Daniel

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I was suppose to volunteer at:

NYC FLL State Tournament but couldn't make it due to work related issues
NJ Regional but couldn't make it due to Health related issues

I volunteered at the:
NYC Regionals as Pit Support but was later changed for Team Queing for the days I was there

I would like to volunteer at:
The Championship Event as Team Queing and other Field or Pit related work


In 2004 I volunteered at the NYC FLL State Tournament as a referee and the NYC Regional as Field Resetter on practice day.

Not bad for my 2 years of volunteering and 5 years involvement Anyone looking for a mentor / coach in the NYC area =)