"Greetings Teams! FRC Kickoff day is only three months away! Please read down for important info.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR FRC YET? Please note that your team registration is what confirms your intention to participate. If you have not already done so, we encourage you to register right away! If you anticipate any difficulty that might hinder your participation this year, please be in touch with us via email or phone; we’d like to help your students continue to be part of FIRST.
FUNDRAISING - Are you starting your team fundraising campaign? Good news! We are hearing positive responses from some of our major NYC team funders! This is not to say, however, 2010 will be an easy fundraising year; we want everyone to be ready and for that an early start with fundraising is essential. It is important to reach out to sponsors who helped your team last year, remind them once more of how important their support was and invite them to partner with you once again this season. If you need help in getting your letters for old or new sponsors or grant requests ready, call Ana Martinez at 718 260 3383 for mentor support.
For those of you qualifying for a NASA grant, be aware applications are now being accepted. For info on NASA grants:
http://frc-grants.arc.nasa.gov/frc/app/directions.php
You can also help FIRST get funding for teams! Please vote for FIRST at the Google Project 10 to the 100 - where Google opened up a suggestion box for ways to solve world problems that fell into different categories. Go to
http://www.project10tothe100.com/submit.html?id=T09 and cast your vote for this category which involves using funds to spread FIRST to more students and schools!
Voting ends on Thursday, October 8th --- so please help by voting soon!
MENTOR DATABASE – We hope your team is very competitive at the NYC Regional next March! NYC FIRST would like to help you reach out to your mentors and keep them in the loop regarding workshops and other resources for your team. Please help us build a mentor database by registering your team technical mentor at this link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewf...lRa1V zbUE6MA
FRC 2010 WORKSHOPS – Save the dates below for FRC workshops planned by the Mentor Technical Support Committee led by Keith Hughes, and the Goldman Sachs Community Works Group. Workshops are held at Polytechnic Institute of NYU and will focus on Programming your robots. Registration can be completed at this link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewf...dRQ21 OMnc6MA
October 31st - WORKSHOP FOR TEAM MENTORS ONLY
Nov 7th – FRC Workshops open to students (programming in Robot C)
Nov 14th- FRC Workshop open to students (programming in Robot C)
Nov 21st –FRC Workshop open to students (programming in robot C)
NEW!! Dec 6th – “Lunacy on Earth” Programming Day /Obstacle Course Game at Francis Lewis HS – all teams invited –Registration Instructions will follow.
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ASSEMBLY – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - The Team Leadership Assembly (TLA) will consist of one student leader from each FRC team in New York City. The Assembly is intended to provide team input in the planning and growth of FRC in the City and to be an additional communication avenue between FRC teams and the NYC FRC Planning Committee. Team representatives will attend meetings and relay information to their teams about events, scholarship opportunities and available resources. To nominate your team representative, please click this link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewf...pmaHBQcWc6M A.
Go TEAMS!
Ana L Martinez
FIRST Regional Director"