FTC Email Blast//Championship Eligibility and Awards Criteria Information

[Mark McLeod]

Dear Teams,

Championship Eligibility and Awards Criteria Information:

Important changes have been made in the World Championship Eligibility
Criteria. Please follow this link for the details,
http://www.usfirst.org/community/fvc...t.aspx?id=4378 and if you
have any questions, don’t hesitate to send them to ftcteams@usfirst.org
<mailto:ftcteams@usfirst.org>.

We’ve updated the Judges Manual with new Awards criteria. This
information will help you to understand what the specifics are for each
FTC Award. Please follow this link to read the judging criteria for Quad
Quandary Awards. http://www.usfirst.org/community/fvc...nt.aspx?id=724

We believe the Engineering Notebook is an important part of the build
and design process, and we want your efforts at creating an Engineering
Notebook to be successful, so in addition to the guidelines offered in
the coaching manual, we’ve added an Engineering Notebook info page to
our web site. You can access this information here:
http://www.usfirst.org/community/fvc...t.aspx?id=7366

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****Autodesk FIRSTbase Coming Soon for FTC Teams**

Last year Autodesk launched a website dedicated to FRC teams called
FIRSTbase. This year, we are pleased to announce that we are expanding
the FIRSTbase site to include FTC teams. Here are some of the items you
can expect to find on FIRSTbase:

· Autodesk Inventor 2008 software ( 3 licenses)

· Online training materials designed especially for you

· The Autodesk Kit of Parts

· Technical support access

· Team sharing functionality including photos and communications

Here’s what you can expect:

· The current site is for the 2007 FIRST season for FRC teams only. FTC
teams will not be able to access the current site.

· When the FIRSTbase site is launched for FTC teams, the main contact
that is listed in the FIRST TIMS database will receive an email
communication with instructions on how to register and activate the team.

· The Autodesk FIRSTbase site is expected to launch in early November 2007.

We hope all teams will take advantage of these great benefits offered by
Autodesk!

~Go Teams!

The FTC Support Team