NOTE: Team contacts – please share this information with your team as appropriate. Thanks!
2016 DUEL INFO BLAST 3
Duel on the Delaware
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Salem Community College- Davidow Hall, Carneys Point, NJ
Co-hosted by MOE 365 and LuNaTeCs 316
FOCUS OF THIS COMMUNICATION – REMINDER – Registration Updates - Duel Awards and Deadlines
• Success Won’t Wait Book Drive – focus areas and details
• October 1 – Duel Master Volunteer Submission (please recognize a volunteer/mentor on your team!)
• September 30 – Mock Chairman’s Award interest – let me know
(1) CHARITY BOOK DRIVE – Success Won’t Wait
- Continue to collect your used books for our charity book drive competition.
- Teams bringing the most books by weight will receive a trophy and special awards.
- While many types of books are accepted, the organization is asking for CHILDREN’S BOOKS in particular-
- Please donate books that are organized in boxes that are easily/safely moved by one person. Please don’t leave books in bags or very large containers. Also, please do not put books in bins/boxes that you want back.
- Books are donated to Success Won’t Wait, a literacy non-profit. The mission is to encourage reading, especially for those in need and children.
- ** PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING YOUR TEAM COLLECT BOOKS FOR THIS WORTHWHILE CAUSE **
- For more information about Success Won’t Wait, check out http://www.successwontwait.org
(2) MIKE WADE MEMORIAL “DUEL MASTER VOLUNTEER” AWARD (submission form attached)
- Mike Wade worked for NASA Goddard and single-handedly is responsible for the creation of a number of off-season events on the East Coast. Please honor his memory by submitted the great things that a mentor or volunteer is doing for your team.
- Teams can submit one nominee who has not yet won the award from their team.
- Nomination form is attached. Please complete and return by October 1st
- Please recognize a worthy volunteer on your team. All submissions will be posted at the event and on the Duel on the Delaware website.
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Send submissions to [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL]
(3) CHAIRMANS AWARD WARM-UP PRACTICE 4th year
- This is not an award per se, but is an opportunity for teams to practice their Chairman’s Award presentation in front of judges
- Teams interested in participating must do the following:
o Respond by September 30th or earlier to let me know that your team is interested in participating. We will have 6 (six) judging slots. These will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
o Send in a FIRST Chairman’s Award Executive Summary (same as FIRST typically requires for the Chairman’s Award). We expect that teams will just send in the same Executive Summary that they may have used for their Chairman’s Award earlier this year.
o Due date for Chairman’s Award Executive Summary is September 30 (sign-ups), and October 10 (submission)
o Prepare to present your Chairman’s Award to judges at the Duel. Currently, the presentation would be the same as a typical Chairman’s presentation at an official FIRST event. Depending upon the number of teams who are participating, we reserve the right to modify the presentation time. We expect that it will not change.
o Let us know what you need for your presentation (AV, easels, etc.) - Our purpose for doing this is to provide teams another opportunity to practice with real judges (we expect to have at least one of the judges be an experienced Chairman’s Award judge) and to provide some helpful feedback for teams as they prepare for the 2016 competition season.
(4) DUEL SPECIAL AWARDS (to be shared soon)
(5) GENERAL INFO
- Doors will open at 7am
- Robot drop off is possible on Friday, October 16th as long as it is no later than 5:00pm. Please let us know beforehand if you plan to drop a bot off early
- If any mentors/parents/alum from your teams are interested in volunteering for the Duel, please let me know.
- Travel details available at Duel On the Delaware: Contact & Registration
(6) FIRST TECH CHALLENGE PLAY-DAY/SCRIMMAGE/WORKSHOPS
- New FTC game field will be available for registered teams to use.
- FTC workshops will be available to attending teams.
- Registration limited. Contact Joe Perrotto at [email protected] for more information
(7) REGISTERED TEAMS (we currently have a full field of 34 teams)
Paid? Team # Team Name
Yes 87 RV Robotics
Yes 225 TechFire
271 Mechanical Marauders
Host 316 Lunatecs
Yes 321 RoboLancers
Yes 341 Miss Daisy
Host 365 Miracle Workerz/MOE
Yes 369 High voltage
Yes 384 SPARKY
Yes 433 Firebirds
Yes 533 PSIcotics
Yes 1089 Team Mercury
Yes 1111 The Power Hawks Robotics Team
Yes 1218 Vulcan Robotics
Yes 1626 Falcon Robotics
Yes 1640 Sab-BOT-age
Yes 1647 Iron Devils
Yes 1719 The Umbrella Organization
2180 Zero Gravity
Yes 2539 Krypton Cougars
Yes 2607 Fighting Robovikings
3314 The Mechanical Mustangs
Yes 3941 Absolute Zero Electricity
Yes 4342 Demon Robotics
Yes 4505 McDonogh Robotics
4575 The Tin Mints
4954 Palindrome Robotics
5113 Combustible Lemons
Yes 5310 Eagles Apex
Yes 5401 The Fightin’ Robotic Owls
Yes 5420 Velocity
Yes 5457 Falcobots
Yes 5938 Razor Steel Robotics
6226 Blue Devils
WAITLIST
Yes 303 The T.E.S.T. Team
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
John
NOMINATION FORM - Mike Wade Duel Master Volunteer 2016.doc (25 KB)
NOMINATION FORM - Mike Wade Duel Master Volunteer 2016.doc (25 KB)
