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FIRST EMAIL/Robot Stop Build Day Tuesday, 2/19/13/Important deadlines/FRC Blog/2013 FIRST Scholarship opportunity updates

Greetings Teams:

ROBOT STOP BUILD DAY IS NEXT TUESDAY, 2/19/13! On this day, your team MUST stop work on your robot and seal it in the bag provided in your Kit of Parts (KoP), with the tag from your KoP. You may work on your robot until midnight local time, but the seal must be on the bag when the clock strikes midnight!

Is your team ready? Have you:

Award Submission (via STIMS )

  • [strike]Website Award: 2/21/13 @ 12 pm (noon) ET[/strike]

  • Chairman’s Award: 2/21/13 @ 12 pm (noon) ET

  • Woodie Flowers Award: 2/21/13 @ 12 pm (noon) ET
    Award Submission (via **TIMS **](https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso)):

  • Dean’s List Award: 2/21/13 @12 pm (noon) ET
    FIRST Future Innovator Award Submission (via http://www.allthingspatent.com/FRC/ ): 2/21/13 @ 12 pm (noon) ET

FRC Blog: There have been several important updates posted on the FRC Blog recently. Please review a recent post on wireless security here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-wireless-security-karthik-at-tedx-and-a-pop-safety-quiz. In case you missed last month’s important blog about safety and the announcement of our Safety Animation Award winner – you can find it here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-safety-safety-safety.

2013 FIRST Scholarship Opportunity Updates: Find out about new scholarships, and all FIRST Scholarships with deadlines in March at: http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/About_Us/Scholarships/2013_Assets/FIRST_Scholarship_News_2-14-13.pdf

Go Teams!

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The Website Award mention must be an oversight…

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I was just going to make a thread about this. Anyone have insight on weather this is an oversight or not? Looked in TIMS and had my student award submitters look in STIMS and couldn’t find anything…

Any update here would be great! Thanks!!

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: frcteams <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:16 PM
Subject: FIRST EMAIL/Awards Clarification
To:

Greetings Teams:

There was an error in today’s FRC email blast regarding 2013 FRC Award submissions.

Please note: There is no FRC Website Award this year.

In addition to the Chairman’s Award and Woodie Flowers Award submissions, Entrepreneurship Award submissions are due via STIMS on 2/21/13 @ 12 pm (noon) ET.

We apologize for the miscommunication.

Go Teams!

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Thanks for posting the clarification Jenny!!! :slight_smile: