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Week of March 2, 2015

 


NE District Event Updates

 

Practice Day/Day Zero Reminder

  

As a reminder, every District Event officially starts at 5 p.m. on Practice Day/Day Zero, not at 8 a.m. on the first day of qualification matches. If possible, please make sure to have your robot inspected by the end of Practice Day. Waiting until the first day of qualification matches for inspections could result in match delays or your team missing its first qualification match. Additionally, make sure your team arrives on time for both days of competition to ensure your team doesn't miss any important information.

 

Week 1 Results

 

Match results and awards are now posted for the Waterbury and Granite State District Events! District rankings are also up and can be found here. Rankings are subject to change throughout the competition season, especially as more teams compete and teams start competing in their second events.

 

Additionally, match videos, Chairman's videos and robot reveals for New England teams will be posted on the NE FIRST Youtube Page. If you want to feature your team's Chairman's video or robot reveal, be sure to submit it!

 

Noodle Recycling

 

As mentioned in last week's FRC Blog post, there will be a noodle recycling area hosted by Pit Admin during each event. Teams, feel free to drop off your broken noodles here or take any pieces you might be able to make use of either now or in the future.

 

NE FIRST Consent & Release Form Reminders

 

All teams competing at an NE FIRST event must fill out a NE FIRST consent and release form in addition to the one that was filled out with FIRST when registering in TIMS for mentors or STIMS for students. The form can be found on the Consent and Release Form section of the FIRST site under "New England." The NE FIRST Consent & Release forms only need to be submitted at your first event. Teams that already submitted forms at their Week 1 event do not need to submit them again.

 


District Event Volunteer Reminder

 

All teams competing in the NE District Events must provide at least one event volunteer. Several NE District Events are in need of key volunteers with either technical or FIRST experience, such as Robot Inspectors and Referees. Volunteers should sign up through VIMS ASAP. Descriptions of event volunteer positions can be found in the Volunteer section of the FIRST website.

 

 

Upcoming Events

 

Pioneer Valley Event

March 5-7

MassMutual Center

1277 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103

Follow @nefirstpvde on Twitter!

 

North Shore Event

March 6-8

Reading High School Field House

62 Oakland Road, Reading, MA 01867

Follow @nshoredistrict on Twitter!

 


Contact Us

 

NE FIRST Executive Director

Bruce Linton (blinton@nefirst.org)

 

NE FIRST Advisor

Jessica Boucher (jboucher@ingenuityne.org)

 

NE FIRST Regional Directors

Connecticut - Carol Scully (cscully@nefirst.org)

Maine - Jamee Luce (jluce@nefirst.org)

Massachusetts/Rhode Island - Steve Cremer (scremer@nefirst.org)

New Hampshire/Vermont - Scott Heaton (sheaton@nefirst.org)

 

NE FIRST Senior Mentors

Connecticut - Kathie Kentfield (kkentfield@usfirst.org)

Massachusetts - Dana Henry (dhenry@usfirst.org)

 

 

Archives of NE FIRST Things FIRST are available on the NE FIRST site under "News." Submissions can be sent to ljefferson@usfirst.org.

 

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