**FIRST EMAIL**/Initial Event Registration/Kickoff Information/ 2013 Beta Testing Tea

[Mark McLeod]

**FIRST EMAIL**/Initial Event Registration/Kickoff Information/ 2013 Beta Testing Teams/Pool Noodles/ Ask an Expert Call




Greetings Teams:

Initial Event Registration: Initial regional and initial qualifying event registration for district teams opens next Thursday, September 27, 2012 at noon EST.

Please remember, you must complete the Team Profile Section in order to register for an event. If you have not done so already, please complete via TIMS: https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso.

Kickoff Information: 2013 Local Kickoff information is now posted here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...ff-information. Teams may register for a Local Kickoff in TIMS beginning Thursday, October 4, 2012 at noon EST.

2013 Beta Testing Teams: The 2013 Beta Testing teams have been selected. Thank you to the 159 FRC teams and 1 FTC team who offered to help with this project! All FRC teams will be able to communicate with the Beta Test teams on the forums: http://forums.usfirst.org/forumdisplay.php?f=1547.

Please visit the FRC Blog: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog for more information on the teams selected to Beta Test and for important season updates.

Pool Noodles: We suggest that you purchase pool noodles for your 2013 bumpers if you haven’t done so already.

Ask an Expert Call: Join Carla Proulx, FRC Logistics Manager and Terri Benart, FIRST Senior Mentor for the Ask an Expert call “FRC Robot Transportation”. The call will be taking place on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 7 pm EST. You can find details on all of this season’s Ask an Expert calls here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...nce-recordings.

Go Teams!