**FIRST EMAIL**/Week Five Reminders

[Mark McLeod]

Greetings Teams:

Can you believe it? We are gearing up for Week Five of the FRC Competition Season, and we are just a couple weeks away from the Championship (CMP) Event in Atlanta! It has been a fantastic season thus far, and we are all looking forward to these last (but not least!) Events.

We hope that you are all already following his Blog (http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/), and now you can find Director of the FRC, Bill Miller, on Twitter! Don’t miss a tweet! http://twitter.com/FRCTeams

For those of you who will be joining us in Atlanta for CMP, plan to have up to five of your team members (at least one must be an adult mentor) ready to uncrate your robot, charge your batteries, encrypt your radio and get your robot inspected all on Wednesday (4/14) night. The Pits will open at 6 PM and close at 9 PM. Teams will be allowed to work on their robots during this time. We have implemented this change to help teams be ready to go at 1 PM on Thursday when competition rounds begin. For full details: http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2010...mpionship.html

If you are attending Events this week, be sure to review the general reminders (pertaining to Safety Glasses, Participation Medallions, your Pit Area and more) here: http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=16904. Please also review the important information about Team Rosters, Consent and Release Forms, Shipping Documents and more here: http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=16810

If your team qualifies at a Regional Event to attend the CMP, remember you still must register via TIMS in order to attend! For full details about what to do if you qualify for CMP at a Regional Event, refer to the information found here: http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=16725

Go Teams!