TRI Team Update #1 (Rule changes, team list, etc)

[AllenGregoryIV]

1. Teams
2. Payment
3. Volunteers
4. Programming/Design Help Wanted
5. Rule Changes
6. Further Updates

1. Teams
Thank you to everyone that signed up to come to TRI. We can't wait to have you here.
Full Team Roster is located on our website spectrum3847.org/TRI
We have 42 teams currently signed up. We also have several on the wait list to sign up as well.

Because of the large reaction to this event we are going to accommodate all 42 teams that signed up before the deadline. If you don't believe that you will be able to attend please let us know ASAP so we can invite one of the waiting teams.

2. Payment
Texas Workforce Commission and FIRST in Texas will not be able to help with the cost of the event this year.

Registration is $250 per team.

Please make checks payable to
St. Agnes Academy
Memo Line: Engineering Team and your team number.

Send Checks to
St. Agnes Academy
8900 Bellaire Blvd.
Houston, TX, 77036

Please have checks mailed no later than May 27th. If you need an invoice please email me and I'll make one up for you. We prefer not to take any purchase orders.

If the registration cost is going to be a burden on your team please reach out to us and we will try to make it work however we can. We want to teams to grow and improve and off-season events are one of the best ways to accomplish that.

3. Volunteers
We need more volunteers for TRI. We've already had several sign up but we are going to need more to make this event run smoothly. We are also looking to train volunteers through out the event as well so even if you have limited experience please sign up. Referee's scorekeeper, Announcing, MC, Audio, Video Production, social media, and much more all need more people to help staff the event.

Please have anyone interested sign up here http://trivolunteer.spectrum3847.org/

4. Programming\Design Help Wanted
Prior to the event there are a few tasks that we could use help with from experienced programmers. If you or anyone on your team is interested there are several applications that we would like to make that could possibly make the event AV production run smoother. Please email me if you are interested. Some examples include automated instant replay system, OCR of live video, screen overlay graphics and animations, and more.

5. Rule Changes
The list of TRI rule changes are detailed at this link. Please send us any comments or concerns.
https://goo.gl/2tDYqn

6. Further Updates
More information will be coming about, pre-order lunches, team surveys, and more.