2017 DUEL INFO BLAST 3
Duel on the Delaware
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Salem Community College- Davidow Hall, Carneys Point, NJ
Co-hosted by MOE 365 and LuNaTeCs 316
FOCUS OF THIS COMMUNICATION – Duel Master Volunteer – Mock Chairman’s - Donations instead of books- “The Pillowcase Project”
SPECIAL NOTES:
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Please consider nominating a volunteer for the Duel Master Volunteer Award by the deadline -
Any teams interested in Mock Chairman’s Award please let me know -
Keep collecting books for book drive -
Food pre-order form will be available soon
(1) NO CHARITY BOOK DRIVE THIS YEAR! Instead of books, please consider donating to THE BUSY BOX RESOURCES "PILLOWCASE PROGRAM!
The Busy Box Resources are crisis intervention kits that first responders use when responding to a situation the most innocent of victims – children.
Developed in 2014 as a FLL project for the World Class Engineering Challenge, the Busy Box Resources allow first responders to meet the initial physical,
emotional, and mental needs of children who experience trauma.
The Red Cross was impressed with this project and in 2015 integrated it into their national preparedness program – The Pillowcase Project.
We are collecting items so that we can assemble these crisis intervention kits and donate them to the South Jersey American Red Cross Chapter.
Collecting donations of :
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plastic rectangular pencil boxes – the kind in Walmart, Target, Staples, etc. that sell for $1
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Colorful socks and magic towels – Dollar Tree is a good source
*Magic towels are shrink wrapped in small shapes and get large when wet with water -
Stickers packages
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collapsible cups
If you have questions about “The Pillowcase Project”, please contact Kathy Simpkins with FRC 316 at [email protected]
(2) MIKE WADE MEMORIAL “DUEL MASTER VOLUNTEER” AWARD (submission form attached)
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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 NOW! (we will accept nominations until this Friday, Oct 6) -
Please recognize a worthy volunteer on your team. All submissions will be posted at the event and on the Duel on the Delaware website. -
The following teams have submitted a nomination so far (if you submitted a nomination via email and are not on this list, please let me know):
(3) CHAIRMANS AWARD WARM-UP PRACTICE 5th year
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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 October 6 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 NOW! (sign-ups), and October 6 (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
- Judged awards at the Duel will be
= Best Pilot, Spirit, Out of the Box, and Safety
(5) GENERAL INFO
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Doors will open at 7am -
Robot drop off is possible on Friday, October 20th 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 [http://moe365.org/duel2017/traveldetails.php](http://moe365.org/duel2017/traveldetails.php)
**(6) REGISTERED TEAMS (we currently have a full field of 32 teams) [please pay registration fee ASAP, if you have not yet done so] **
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Team Number Team Name
87 RV Robotics
203 One Tuff Team
225 TechFire
271 Mechanical Mauraders
303 The T.E.S.T Team
316 LuNaTeCs
321 RoboLancers
333 MEGALODONS
341 Miss Daisy
365 MOE
369 High Voltage Robotics
533 PSIcotics
747 Flight Crew
1089 Team Mercury
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1370 Thermogenisis
1626 Falcon Robotics
1640 Sab-BOT-age
1647 Iron Devils
1719 The Umbrella Corporation
1727 REX
2180 Zero Gravity
2495 Hive Mind
2729 Storm Robotics Team
3941 TechBrick Robotics
4342 Demon Robotics
4505 McDonogh Robotics
4575 The Tin Mints
4638 Jagbots
5310 Eagles Apex
5420 Velocity
6226 Blue Devils
NOMINATION FORM - Mike Wade Duel Master Volunteer 2017.doc (25.5 KB)
NOMINATION FORM - Mike Wade Duel Master Volunteer 2017.doc (25.5 KB)