**FIRST EMAIL**/NASA Grant Deadline Approaching/2011 Hotel Pilot Program/Upcoming Sen

[Mark McLeod]

**FIRST EMAIL**/NASA Grant Deadline Approaching/2011 Hotel Pilot Program/Upcoming Senior Mentor Call/2nd Event Registration Oct 28
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Greetings Teams:

Reminder: The NASA grant deadline is Saturday, October 30, 2010—the application process is very similar to last year’s. For more information, please visit: http://rcs.arc.nasa.gov/rcs/app/directions.php.

2011 Hotel Pilot Program for 10 Regional Events: If you’re going to the Alamo, Autodesk Oregon, Boston, Florida, NE Utilities FIRST Connecticut, Peachtree, Seattle Cascade, Seattle Olympic, Smoky Mountain, Utah or Washington, DC Regionals, you’ll want to check out the new FIRST Regional hotel page here: http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx. Steele Meetings has negotiated group rates for area hotels which will be available to teams starting Monday, October 25th. FIRST is also working on discounts with American Airlines, Delta Airlines and Avis Car Rentals. More information coming soon!

Senior Mentor Call 10/27: The next FIRST Senior Mentor call will take place on Wednesday, October 27th at 7 PM ET. The topic is the 2011 Chairman’s Award, and you will be able to find a full outline plus call-in information here: http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=10124.

2nd Event Registration opens soon: Teams will be able to register for their 2nd Competition event in TIMS starting 10/28 at 12 noon ET: https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso. Veteran teams who DID compete at the 2010 Championship can also register for Championship on this date.

Go Teams!