**FIRST EMAIL**/2nd Regional Event Registration/Championship Registration/Kit & Kicko

[Mark McLeod]

**FIRST EMAIL**/2nd Regional Event Registration/Championship Registration/Kit & Kickoff section in TIMS open/2012 Safety Animation Contest/Bill's Blog/FIRST Choice

Greetings Teams:

2nd Regional Event Registration opens soon: Teams will be able to register for their 2nd Regional event in TIMS starting 10/27 at 12 noon ET: https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso. Mid-Atlantic Robotics (MAR) and FIRST in Michigan (FiM) teams will be able to register for a regional event outside of their region/district at this time.

Championship Registration for Pre-qualified and Veteran teams who DID NOT compete at the 2011 Championship: These teams may register for Championship in TIMS beginning 10/13 @ noon EST.

Championship Registration for Veteran Teams who DID compete at the 2011 Championship: These teams may register for the 2012 Championship in TIMS starting 10/27 at 12 noon ET.

Kit & Kickoff section in TIMS is open: The Kit & Kickoff section of TIMS is open. If you haven’t done so already, team Main and Alternate contacts may select your team’s Kit & Kickoff preferences in TIMS now: https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso.

2012 Safety Animation Contest: The 2012 Safety Animation Contest Announcement is now posted on our website: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...deo-and-manual.

Bill’s Blog: Please visit Bill’s Blog to see a sneak peak video about this year’s Kit of Parts: http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/.

FIRST Choice: FRC is partnering with AndyMark to offer FIRST Choice for the 2012 season. Please visit Bill’s Blog for information on the program. If your school blocks http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/, remember you can always catch up Bill’s Blog on our FRC News & Email Blasts page: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...starchive.aspx.

Go Teams!