Forum: General Forum
01-01-2017, 01:56 PM
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Views: 2,867
Re: I want to be an FTA
I would say they are one of the most important volunteers at an event. I leave the word powerful out of it.
Without the Volunteer Coordinator - the least appreciated, least glamorous and least...
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Forum: General Forum
12-29-2016, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,622
Re: Decommissioning of USFIRST.org archived site
>>The usfirst.org website will be decommissioned on January 31st, 2017: Users can currently access the usfirst.org site at: http://archive.usfirst.org. For those who still use the old website, we are...
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Forum: General Forum
10-13-2016, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 282
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Forum: Off-Season Events
09-23-2016, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,257
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Forum: Off-Season Events
09-03-2016, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,257
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Forum: General Forum
08-31-2016, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,248
Re: Varsity Letters for Michigan Teams
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/united-way-gives-students-varsity-letters-for-community-service/
Interesting article about varsity letters for volunteering.
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Forum: Team Organization
07-29-2016, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,782
Re: FRC Team Bullying
All teams should be watching the Team Safety meeting video. This is the one for HS age. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPzxm4IfG6w&feature=youtu.be&list=UUyJqS0n0h5f3yeYxEADZuvQ
For adults working...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
07-27-2016, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,257
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Forum: General Forum
07-25-2016, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 74
Views: 9,974
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Forum: General Forum
07-06-2016, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 285
Views: 29,891
Re: California District Proposal
Wow. Usually bringing up the role of the Volunteer Coordinator is a thread killer. ;)
There is actually an "official" role for Districts with the title of "Senior Volunteer Coordinator". The...
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Forum: General Forum
07-04-2016, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 285
Views: 29,891
Re: California District Proposal
One of the keys to making the volunteer piece work is not just having more volunteers - but putting the attention and recognition into have good Volunteer Coordinators. This role is just as important...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
06-23-2016, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 693
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Forum: General Forum
05-17-2016, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,119
Teams in Russia?
Can't find Russia on the drop down menus of countries in the team search on firstinspires.org
We are going to have a delegation of STEM professionals from Russia visit our small nonprofit -...
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Forum: General Forum
05-15-2016, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,491
Re: Ftc World Championship
http://www.firstinspires.org/about/first-host-20000-students-at-worlds-largest-robotics-competition
We are very proud of the winning FTC alliance which featured 2 teams from Maryland. Winners...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
05-14-2016, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,257
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Forum: Off-Season Events
05-10-2016, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 19,770
Re: New Off-season Defenses
One of these. Check the PODS. They might be stored there. There was no room on the truck heading back to FIRST.
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Forum: Championship Event
05-07-2016, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 953
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Forum: Off-Season Events
05-07-2016, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,257
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Forum: Off-Season Events
05-06-2016, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 684
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Forum: General Forum
05-05-2016, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 5,219
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Forum: General Forum
05-05-2016, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 119
Views: 15,612
Re: Lesson Learned 2016 - The Negative
I believe that the volunteers category was the only one that had a yellow band. It was the color of the band that identified the role for all the badging for security. So the lettering didn't matter....
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Forum: Extra Discussion
05-05-2016, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,474
Re: pic: The Dome from the Catwalks
You know you've been in FIRST to long when you can tell approximately when this photo was taken by what is happening on the fields and in the stands and what is in the center of the black curtain.
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Forum: Off-Season Events
05-05-2016, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,257
2016 Battle O' Baltimore - Sept. 24, 2016
Announcing the 10th annual Battle O' Baltimore (BoB)!
Brought to you by the Baltimore Area Alliance teams (BAA)
Saturday September 24, 2016, with some set up/practice time on Friday evening...
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Forum: Career
05-03-2016, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 198
Views: 34,992
Re: What's your day job?
Fast forward 4 years and I'm still here. I am the Volunteer Director for a small Maryland non-profit - STEMaction, Inc. For the past 3 years I have worked on recruitment, management and recognition...
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Forum: General Forum
05-03-2016, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,067
Re: Hardest personal lesson learned?
This is very wise insight and is one of the tenets of a little book called "The Four Agreements." Personally I have to re-learn this all the time. It is hard.
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