**FIRST EMAIL**/Event Registration Opens Sept 30/Policy for Changing Team Contacts/Tr

[Mark McLeod]

Greetings Teams:

IMPORTANT - Event Registration Date Change!: Initial Event Registration for the FRC® 2011 Season will open in TIMS on Thursday, September 30th @ 12 noon EST. We are opening registration a week early this year to better accommodate teams. Teams will be able to:

• Register for one (1) Regional event (or two district events if you are from Michigan)
• Teams that prequalify for the 2011 Championship and Veteran teams who did NOT compete in the 2010 Championship, may register for the 2011 Championship event. Learn more about 2011 Championship Eligibility Criteria here: http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/...nt.aspx?id=944

Clarification of Policy for Changing Team Contacts in TIMS: You may change your team’s contacts yourself by inviting a replacement in TIMS within the “Team Contacts” field. Please do not email FIRST® requesting that we change the contacts for you—we do not touch teams’ personal information unless there are special circumstances.
If your main contact has switched schools, moved, or otherwise cannot be reached, you must contact your Regional Director and request that they authorize FIRST to manually make a team contact change. You can search for your Regional Director here: http://www.usfirst.org/regionalcontact.aspx. Your Regional Director will need to submit an email to frcteams@usfirst.org on your behalf in the following format:

To: frcteams@usfirst.org

Subject: Team Contact Change- Team ###

Body: Please remove ________ as the main contact for team ###. _________ is now the new main contact, and his/her preferred email address is ___________.

Trademark Policy: FIRST, the FIRST programs (FIRST Robotics Competition, FRC, etc.) and the names of our FIRST games (Breakaway®, Lunacy®, etc.) are now registered trademarks. Teams are still encouraged to use the FIRST & FRC logos and terms on team websites, promotional materials and t-shirts, but now we ask everyone to comply with the trademark policy here: http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/content.aspx?id=2880.

Get Out the Vote for FIRST! – Round #2: FIRST could receive $200,000 from American Express through Members Project; but we need your help…and the help of all your friends, family and other members of the extended FIRST family/community….. to make this potential contribution a reality. If you are 18 years of age or older, please go register and vote each week: www.takepart.com/membersproject/vote. Thanks for your continued support!

FIRST Senior Mentor Call September 21: The next FSM call will take place on 9/21 @ 7 PM EST. The call topic is FRC Mentor Orientation 101. For more information about the call, please visit: http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=18104

2011 Beta Test Teams: The Beta Test Teams have been announced in Bill’s Blog: http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=18089. Our thanks to everyone who offered to help with this project. You can follow the Beta Test Teams’ progress and communicate directly with Beta Test Teams here: http://forums.usfirst.org/forumdisplay.php?f=1458

2011 Event Schedule: Be sure to check out Bill’s Blog to see what we have established so far in terms of Regional Events for the 2011 Season: http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=18101

Go Teams!