JUMPSTART Training Sessions

[Chief Hedgehog]

Hello MN FRC Community!

There is a pre-season training event available for all FRC teams at St Cloud State University. The sessions are planned with the idea of jumpstarting the area teams before Christmas Break. JUMPSTART will take place on Saturday, December 5th from 8:30-3PM.

See JUMPSTART Here.

There will be four rounds of sessions starting at 9AM (with Kick-off starting at 8:30AM). During the lunch break there will be campus tours, company showcase, Swap Meet, Robot showcase, and a Pit showcase.
The day will end with a wrap up session and the teams will be out by 3PM.

Bison Robotics will also be helping out by providing a lot of the talent for the sessions. They will be showcasing what they are doing with Ri3d (Greenhorns) this year as well.

We are lucky to have SCSU and the Central Minnesota Manufacturers Association help out with this endeavor - they are picking up the registration fee for the students and mentors and this includes the lunch fee at Garvey Commons!

Teams: Have only the team coach/lead mentor fill out the registration form. Registration will close November 20 (or when we reach capacity).

Let me know if you have any questions - and please keep tuned as we are going to announcing more aspects to this event in the coming weeks!

[Ginger Power]

Bison Robotics is looking forward to the oppurtunity to help at Jumpstart! The event is going to be awesome and I hope to see representation from teams all across MN (and ND).

[snoman]

this looks very cool!!! teams 3275 and 3134 are planning to attend.
thank you

[snoman]

How many teams do you have registered so far?

[Chief Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by snoman

How many teams do you have registered so far?

We have 9 registered as of 10/30.

[alecmuller]

This looks awesome - thank you for organizing it!

I'm bummed that my team is 2,000 miles away.

[Chief Hedgehog]

As of 10/31 we have 12 teams representing 11 communities. They are as follows:

3023 - Stark Industries from Elk River
3026 - Orange Crush from Delano
3102 - T.N.T. from Nevis
3134 - Accelerators from Cass Lake-Bena
3275 - Regulators from Cass Lake-Bena
3840 - Teens 'Nto Technology from Isanti
4238 - Inferno from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
4607 - C.I.S. from Becker
4632 - Magic from Monticello
4818 - The Herd from West Fargo (ND)
5548 - Roboherd from Buffalo
5999 - (new Rookie team) from Milaca

-There are 224 registered attendees
-We are up to 10 sessions per round (22.4 attendees per round) and counting...
-Registration and Lunch is still FREE (thanks to SCSU and CMMA)!
-And there is so much more to announce as we hammer out the details... stay tuned!

[snoman]

Any new news??

[Chief Hedgehog]

We do have some new arrivals!

But before we get into that, Elk River (3023) will be hosting a FTC scrimmage for the teams attending. There will be a full FTC field set up so that students and the rest can come and watch what FTC robots can do!

Please note: Registration ends on Wednesday, November 18 - so get your team registered.

We have 14 teams registered with over 260 students attending!

Here is the most current list of teams attending:
1816 - Green Machine from Edina
3023 - Stark Industries from Elk River
3026 - Orange Crush from Delano
3102 - T.N.T. from Nevis
3134 - Accelerators from Cass Lake-Bena
3275 - Regulators from Cass Lake-Bena
3840 - Teens 'Nto Technology from Isanti
4238 - Inferno from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
4607 - C.I.S. from Becker
4632 - Magic from Monticello
4818 - The Herd from West Fargo (ND)
5548 - Roboherd from Buffalo
5638 - Eagle Eye Robotics from Lac qui Parle Valley
5999 - (new Rookie team) from Milaca

[Chief Hedgehog]

Last call for team registration! Please register here.

We will be showcasing local FTC teams on a full field this day - so if your team has an FTC program, please PM me so I can send you the link for registration.

We are excited to have four Rookie teams at this event - and all of them will be at the Duluth Regionals - so this will be a great starting point for them!

The most current list of teams is this:
1816 - Green Machine from Edina
3023 - Stark Industries from Elk River
3026 - Orange Crush from Delano
3102 - T.N.T. from Nevis
3134 - Accelerators from Cass Lake-Bena
3275 - Regulators from Cass Lake-Bena
3840 - Teens 'Nto Technology from Isanti
4238 - Inferno from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
4607 - C.I.S. from Becker
4632 - Magic from Monticello
4818 - The Herd from West Fargo (ND)
5548 - Roboherd from Buffalo
5638 - Eagle Eye Robotics from Lac qui Parle Valley
5913 - Patriot Robotics from Pequot Lakes
5999 - Wolves from Milaca
6045 - SabreBots from Sartell

[Jon Stratis]

I can't wait for this event - from everything i've heard, it's going to be amazing. You guys have put together everything a team could want from a training event!

[Chief Hedgehog]

Presenters - please post any questions here so that we can answer them and all can see.

Thanks!

The most current list of teams:
1816 - Green Machine from Edina
3023 - Stark Industries from Elk River
3026 - Orange Crush from Delano
3102 - T.N.T. from Nevis
3134 - Accelerators from Cass Lake-Bena
3275 - Regulators from Cass Lake-Bena
3840 - Teens 'Nto Technology from Isanti
4238 - Inferno from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
4607 - C.I.S. from Becker
4632 - Magic from Monticello
4818 - The Herd from West Fargo (ND)
5548 - Roboherd from Buffalo
5638 - Eagle Eye Robotics from Lac qui Parle Valley
5913 - Patriot Robotics from Pequot Lakes (Rookie Team)
5999 - Wolves from Milaca (Rookie Team)
6045 - SabreBots from Sartell (Rookie Team)
6175 - Eagle Mania from Eden Valley-Watkins (Rookie Team)
6182 - Royals from Rogers (Rookie Team)

[snoman]

Is there a plan to record Sessions? If not can we do some? We would be willing to share with everyone.

[Ginger Power]

Originally Posted by snoman

Is there a plan to record Sessions? If not can we do some? We would be willing to share with everyone.

Presenters have been asked to share their presentations so that they can be put online as resources. As for recording presentations I'm pretty sure that wasn't an idea that was being floated around. I really like the idea, but Chief Hedgehog has the final say on that (along with individual presenters obviously). I'm giving 3 different presentations and I would love for them to be recorded to be used as a resource for teams in the future.

[Chief Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by snoman

Is there a plan to record Sessions? If not can we do some? We would be willing to share with everyone.

Hello Snoman,

We would love it if your team takes the lead on recording these sessions.

HOWEVER - please gain approval from each of the presenters before the session. Remember, a lot of work went into creating these presentations and should be looked at as intellectual property. When you do ask for permission, please also ask if it is permissible to share this information.

Thank you for your interest in this and we look forward to seeing you at JUMPSTART!

Registration is FINAL and we now are up to 20 teams with 6 Rookies!:
1816 - Green Machine from Edina
3023 - Stark Industries from Elk River
3026 - Orange Crush from Delano
3102 - T.N.T. from Nevis
3134 - Accelerators from Cass Lake-Bena
3275 - Regulators from Cass Lake-Bena
3840 - Teens 'Nto Technology from Isanti
4238 - Inferno from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
4607 - C.I.S. from Becker
4632 - Magic from Monticello
4818 - The Herd from West Fargo (ND)
5548 - Roboherd from Buffalo
5638 - Eagle Eye Robotics from Lac qui Parle Valley
5690 - Sub Zero Robotics from Esko
5929 - Raider Robots from Lake Park Audubon
5913 - Patriot Robotics from Pequot Lakes (Rookie Team)
5999 - Wolves from Milaca (Rookie Team)
6045 - SabreBots from Sartell (Rookie Team)
6175 - Eagle Mania from Eden Valley-Watkins (Rookie Team)
6182 - Royals from Rogers (Rookie Team)