Most recent info from FIRST HQ sent out to teams on Friday...
Greetings Teams:
Live Broadcast from the Founder’s Reception at Dean’s Home Tonight: Be sure to tune in to the live broadcast from the Founder’s Reception tonight for a special announcement starting at 7:00 pm EST. The main portion of the broadcast will be about 30 minutes long and will be available here:
http://www.streamingmeeting.com/webc...IRST_Founders/.
2015 FIRSTŪ Robotics Competition Kickoff Tomorrow, January 3, 2015: More information about Kickoff is available at
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/kickoff. The broadcast is scheduled to begin at 10:15 am EST and can be viewed here: comcastcorporation.com/frc2015
NEW! Behind the Lines: 2015 Kit of Parts, Wednesday, January 7th at 8:00 pm EST: Come join Kate Pilotte, Jonathan Bryant, and Liz Smith as they discuss the 2015 FRC Kit of Parts and AndyMark’s Drive Base Kit. These experts will review the contents in the Kit of Parts and discuss how teams can use them during the season. They will also share recommended resources and best practices. The community will have a chance to ask any questions during the last half of the episode. Don’t miss it!
For more information and to view previous episodes of Behind the Lines, please visit
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...hind-the-lines
Reminder to Update Team Profile in TIMS: Team profile information is used for program books that are distributed to visitors, VIPs and teams at events. This information will be exported from your team’s TIMS profile on Friday, January 9, 2015 12:00 pm (noon) EST. To update your team’s information, your team’s Main or Alternate Contact must:
• Login to TIMS
https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso;
• Under “Teams I can Administer”, click the Team Summary button for your team;
• In the Team Profile section, click on the edit/view buttons to update team information.
Just a reminder: FIRST Championship Housing and Registration Website Opening on Monday, January 5th: FIRST has partnered with Experient, an industry leader in the housing and registration market, and is excited to provide a new, easy-to-use website for Championship housing and registration. More information is available here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...ionship-travel
Go Teams!
Sincerely,
FRC Team Support
Go Teams!
Sincerely,
FRC Team Support
Big help, huh? Especially since those of us not registered for Districts have not received email from Experient helping us to even register the team with their organization, let alone the actual events we are going to. No notice of time frame Monday for sign up mentioned either...