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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

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I volunteer for FLL, but VIMS is stonewalling me at login. Is there an external list of positions available?
Would you like to judge?

Other than that, I can't find a list of available volunteer slots. I might be able to get you the contact infor for our VC. I'll need to check before I hand out this info.

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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

I just coached our school-rep mentor through the VIMS. She selected two days of low-tech positions as part of the team's (all teams) obligation to provide volunteer support for the district events. She selected four likely choices and got the canned reply from the system. I expect her eventual assignment will be made once all folks have dialed in their volunteering offers.

It is beginning to look like the regional obligation requirements may not supply enough manpower for the tasks. There evidently should also be a deadline for getting the VIMS updated with information so the various tournament directors and vol.coordinators will have enough time to panic that their event isn't staffed yet.

I'm not sure about how intense the regional events will be for our team. This means I don't want to commit to a volunteer position before getting some exposure to the context. That is, I don't want to let either the team or the event suffer because I've bitten off more than I can chew. It does make me think that perhaps I should consider your suggestion for the Southington event, even though it doesn't help Groton. Maybe the other mentors for that event should and will consider helping at Groton. Getting late though. How's the Maalox supply holding up?
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

FOOD!
We will have the food-thing finalized this week.

Teams will be permitted to bring a cooler into the school cafeteria, but just 1 cooler per team (and I promised the Superintendent that we will do a quick check of the coolers to verify that they contain food, and not....I dunno..."not food"). Each team will be assigned a 12-seater cafeteria table, but this is not intended for total exclusive use by each team: share please, and be shared with!

We will have a menu to send to all team main and alt contacts with discounted pre-purchase meal-tickets. Info will also be posted here. You will have 3 weeks to decide and get your pre-purchases in, coz there's not much time left (o jeez).

HOTELS:
There are 3 hotels set up through FIRST Housing, but many more hotels in the area with competitive rates. The trick is to search for "Mystic Hotels," not "Groton Hotels." We have everything from the Marriott and Hilton down to the Super 8. Two main clusters of hotel/motels are 5 miles from the school in either direction (Exits 86 and 90). The Mystic Marriott is all by itself at exit 88 and is the closest to the school (1.7 miles). The Marriott is one of the hotels that is available through FIRST housing, and compared to the rates at Boston, it's a steal!
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

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6AM? Don't be absurd! You have to be there at 7.

The confirmation email I got told me 6am (for Friday through Sunday) so to be safe I'll show up then but thank you for responding.
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

Well OK, see you at 6 on Sat and Sun.

But Friday, certainly not before Noon! We can't start with the competition field until about 12:20. Some staging can begin outside before that. We can't get started on the Pits until about 2:15 .

On Saturday and Sunday, the building will open at 6AM, so if vols are there at 6, we can get started right away.
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

Here are all the latest informational attachments for all teams attending the Groton District Competition:
1: Building Layout for Competition
2:Instructions and rules for teams
3: Parking Photo-Schematic
4: Food Menu and Ordering

Three weeks to go. I am not panicked, although I think I ought to be.

Best of luck this final, snowy weekend. Remember your "Out-of-Bag" day!
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File Type: pdf Groton Layout.pdf (676.5 KB, 41 views)
File Type: pdf Groton Parking.pdf (823.0 KB, 23 views)
File Type: pdf Food Menu and Order Form.pdf (139.1 KB, 36 views)
File Type: docx Instructions for teams attending the Connecticut Shoreline District Competition.docx (454.9 KB, 32 views)

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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

Out of bag day(s) totaling 6 hours can happen on or after March 1st (7 days before competition). Newest update shows that minimum open time is changed to 30 minutes from 2 hours previously.
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

Hey Brian, the Instructions for teams file seems to be corrupted. It's not opening up for me.

Looking forward to Groton. It's going to be fun!
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

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Hey Brian, the Instructions for teams file seems to be corrupted. It's not opening up for me.
Looks like the map didn't like the conversion to pdf. I reposted it in Word docx format; hope people can read it.

It's 3 weeks out, and the"Long Range Weather" forecast is for temperatures in the 40s and 50s for that week. Fingers crossed. I love snow, but I think we've had enough.

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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

The one you mailed out as an attachment opened OK, Brian. Is the Kingdom of North Dumpling sending a team?
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

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The one you mailed out as an attachment opened OK, Brian. Is the Kingdom of North Dumpling sending a team?
I do hope to get a visit from His Excellency, Lord Dumpling.
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

Latest Update: Groton District will be simulcast on Livestream. We are working now on having 2 or even 3 cameras on the field. Stay tuned for details.
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

Looking back through the posts, I see that I should never have said anything about "pancakes." We'd love to do pancakes, it just proved too...too... what's the word?

"Impossible!" That's the word.

Still, please notice the food menu, and notice our pre-order deadline for Saturday Pizzas. The best deal going is $20 for a 25 pack of food coupons. Counting down with a week left to get those pre-buy orders in.
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

The Groton District Competition is a remote Drop-off location for the New England Championship Charity Drive. See the attached flyer for items to bring. Lisa from Athena's Warriors will be taking your donations from that point.
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Re: [NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

Any teams coming to the Groton event need a spool of ABS filament?

I accidentally purchased a spool of ABS (we need PLA) earlier this build season and have no use for it.

I'll eat the shipping costs for my mistake. $25 gets you a new vacuum sealed 1kg spool of red 1.75mm filament. Perfect for the MakerBot Replicator 2X.

Stop by the 2168 pit and ask for James if you are interested.

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