IRI 2006 TEAM UPDATE #1
MAY 1, 2006
Teams,
Registration for the 2006 IRI will open on Monday, May 8, 2006, at Noon.
Registration will be through Team 234’s website –
www.cyberblue234.com.
The 2006 IRI is July 21 and 22, 2006
The first listing of registered teams will be on May 15. This will give us time to sort all of the entries and be sure we have the information correct. INDIANA teams have first priority in registration and are guaranteed an entry as long as they register by Friday May 12. If the team list is too long, we will create a waiting list and post it.
The 2006 IRI location is Lawrence North High School, the same location as 2005.
Entry Fee for all FIRST Robotics teams is $350 plus a filled backpack for a 2nd grade student. The items for the backpack are listed below. The entry fee for VEX Teams is $50. While not required, VEX teams are also encouraged to bring a backpack for a 2nd grader.
The entry fees must be paid by June 15 or the team will be removed from the registered list and placed at the end of the waiting list. Any team that has not paid their entry fee by July 1 will be removed from the listing and considered ‘withdrawn’. This has to be done so that we know how many teams to plan for food, pit space and match listings. Please understand this and help us out. If you have a special situation regarding the registration fee it must be agreed through Chris Fultz (robotinfo@att.net)
The event includes Friday night dinner for all team members and active mentors.
You will need to indicate how many dinner tickets you need and include $1 per person for dinner tickets. It is only $1 but helps us get a better idea on how to plan for food.
Please do not plan to come in on Thursday night (July 20) and set up your pit and work on your robot. Thursday night is for field and pit set up and we need to be able to get this done without teams there working. Doors will open at 7 AM on Friday July 21 for all teams.
The 2006 IRI Plans Currently Include:
* Exciting “AIM HIGH” Action on the playing field.
* The traditional “Mentors Only” round.
* Friday Night Dinner & Saturday Morning Donuts, Milk and Juice
* Silent Auction For Charity (we already have some AWESOME items!)
* DODGE BALL TOURNAMENT on Friday Night
* The Annual Talent Show
* Dean Simmons and the Kamens World Tour (We are Stop #6)
* A NEW GAME VEX Tournament – Details announced before June 1.
* The Battle of the MC’s
* SCHOLARSHIPS!
* Traditional FIRST Awards and some unique IRI Awards
Keep an eye on Chief Delphi and IndianaFIRST for updates.
Planning Team: Chris Fultz (234), Andy Baker (45), Libby Ritchie (393)
Event Hosts: 45, 234, 393
Site Host: 1024
More info – next page:
More Info:
(NOTE – THESE EMAIL LINKS MAY NOT BE UP UNTIL MONDAY 8 MAY)
To VOLUNTEER
Volunteer through the 2006 IRI link on
www.cyberblue234.com or send an email to
IRIVOL@indianafirst.org.
Provide your name, team affiliation, area of interest, experience, summer address,
email address and a phone contact.
Please note that we already have field announcers and MC’s for the event.
Please indicate your area of interest:
Field Reset, Referee, Pit Announcer, Pit Administration, Registration, Queing, Scoring or Any.
For SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships are available to 2006 graduates who are attending a college or university on a full time basis beginning in the summer or fall of 2006.
Send the following information to
SCHOLAR@indianafirst.org.
Your name, team affiliation, years in FIRST, college attending, field of study,
summer address, email address and a phone contact and the name of two references who will provide letters for you.
Include a short essay (1 – 2 pages) that tells: What FIRST has meant to you, how FIRST has influenced your college and career plans, and what you career plans are. Please us MS WORD or a word compatible document.
Ask two references to send letters for you. They need to include Your Name and Team Number, their name, Summer address, email address and a phone contact. Please send these via email to
SCHOLAR@indianafirst.org. An email format or an MS WORD document is fine.
SILENT AUCTION
We will once again have a Silent Auction for several donated items, most of which are directly related to FIRST and FIRST teams. All proceeds from this auction will be provided to the Child Life Center at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. This is the same facility we supported in 2005.
All items must be paid for and taken with you at the end of the IRI. Winners of items will be announced during the final tournament matches and awards ceremony of the IRI.
Watch Chief Delphi for a listing of sample items as we get closer to the IRI.
TALENT SHOW
We will once again have a top-notch panel of celebrity judges for the Talent SHOW. Send your entry to
TALENT@indianaFIRST.org with your name, team, talent and contact info. You must register before JULY 1 to be considered. You will be contacted by the talent committee either before the IRI or on Friday morning. ALL ACTS WILL BE SCREENED ON FRIDAY BEFORE YOU PERFORM. NO EXCEPTIONS.
DODGEBALL
We are still working the details on the dodgeball tournament and will post more later. This tournament will be sanctioned by the Indiana Association of Dodgeball of Indiana (IADI) and will feature professional referees.
HOTELS
Several local hotels are making rooms available for IRI participants. These will be listed separately after the details are finalized.
This info as an MSWORD document is attached.