MARC 2010 IS OPEN

[Steve Ketron]

Last year, 32 teams from all around the Midwest enjoyed a two-day event with a real friendly atmosphere. We are only getting better from the words that those teams are spreading. If your team wants to enjoy a very competitive off-season event with a friendly atmosphere, please sign-up for the 2010 MARC. EVENT INFORMATION:

2010 M.A.R.C. ROBOTICS COMPETITION


WHAT: Michigan Advanced Robotics Competition (MARC)

WHEN: June 25th at 1pm and
June 26th (ALL DAY)

WHERE: Monroe High School
901 Herr Rd
Monroe, MI 48161

PRICE: $250 per team $200 for the orgininal 12 Teams

TEAM LIMIT: 42

REGISTRATION: Now until May 30th. Pay by May 30th and receive a $50.00 discount. Pay must be submitted by 6-14-10 to compete.

HOW TO REGISTER: 2010 Michigan Advanced Robotics Competition (MARC) Registration Form.

FOOD: Teams can purchase hot dogs, nachos, pizza, cheesy bread and water/pop during the event (both days) at the arena. We are again having a pig roast for the Friday night social. Prepaid tickets are $2.00 per person (this helps us have an idea of how many people and to control the amount of seconds/thirds until everyone eats)

LODGING: Available close by.

VOLUNTEERS: We have NUMEROUS positions that need great volunteers - field reset, crowd control, queuing, field repair, refereeing, pit admin...the list goes on. Those interested in volunteering should contact Steve Ketron. Due to the lack of volunteers to fill primary roles, special discounts will be given to teams that provide volunteers for refereeing, judging, and queuing ($25 OFF PRICE), Head Referee ($50)

EVENT INFO: Contact Steve Ketron 734-265-3567
KETRON@MONROE.K12.MI.US
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Lisa Perez lisaperez@gmail.com

[J@GMFlint]

You can count Team #1243 (one of the originals) in again for this one!

MARC is fast becoming a great MI Off-Season event and well worth attending! It's also a great opportunity to introduce new recruits to the competition, start to train new drivers, or prepare for IRI!

[FoleyEngineer]

Team 910 - The Foley Freeze (one of the original teams) would LOVE to come! It's a super-fun event, well run, lots of competition and a great way for the kids to hang out with their friends from other teams in the summer.

I'm sure we'll be able to offer some volunteers to help out again also.

MARC ROCKS!

Thanks,
John

[Tom Line]

I just sent the post to our head mentor - I'm hoping we'll attend too. It's GREAT fun, and I'm crossing my fingers on a mentor driving competition

[Steve Ketron]

Have no fear. The mentor matches and pig roast are in full swing

[Wayne TenBrink]

Did somebody say pig roast?? And mentor matches?? Oh, and robotics for the kids to boot? Sounds like a plan.

It seemed to work out for us last year...

[flippy147852]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Did somebody say pig roast?? And mentor matches?? Oh, and robotics for the kids to boot? Sounds like a plan.

It seemed to work out for us last year...

wayne, we have to go. THERE'S A PIG ROAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MishraArtificer]

Hm...roast pig...hm...

Don't be suprised if I randomly show up, looking for something to do...not sure what my schedule's going to look like at that point, but seeing as I'm still unemployed, I think I should be able to come.

Not sure if my alma mater will show up, though...

(...roast pig...now if only Team 1902 would show up...))

[Matt2081]

So how exactly is this competition run? Is it just open games?

[Tom Line]

It's a standard competition, just like any regional you'd go to - without the huge lights and the black curtain.

The difference is, there's a ton of fun things to do after each day - pig roast, card playing, meeting other teams. And most im.... I mean LEAST importantly, there's an actual mentor driver competition where you get to play eliminations against other mentors.

Hopefully we'll get to team up with 51 again this year to defend our mentor Title

[Steve Ketron]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

The difference is, there's a ton of fun things to do after each day - pig roast, card playing, meeting other teams. And most im.... I mean LEAST importantly, there's an actual mentor driver competition where you get to play eliminations against other mentors.

Tom, Thanks for the compliments. We will be having a blast again this year. As I mentioned after last years event, there is going to be a $10 per team charitable donation to compete with a small trophy given to the winning teams.

[Matt2081]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

And most im.... I mean LEAST importantly, there's an actual mentor driver competition where you get to play eliminations against other mentors.

So does this mean that there is no elimination rounds driven by the students? Are all the final rounds driven by the mentors?

[Ed Law]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

Hopefully we'll get to team up with 51 again this year to defend our mentor Title

and 2834 too! I did deliver 2 empty cells and drive up to dump one load. Not as good as what my students were able to do but make me appreciate how hard it was.

[M.Wong]

Team 503 will most likely go again.

Hopefully the trend of the gym getting cooler every year continues

[Steve Ketron]

Getting several inquiries from Indinana teams. Thanks 234 Looks like we might have a little interstate competition starting up. Maybe I could get some action for IRI. Anyone know somebody on the IRI committee coming to our event?