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Week of March 28, 2016

 

 
Week 4 Event Results
 
Results from our Week 4 UNH and Rhode Island events are available. All event results are available here. Additionally, the UMass Dartmouth and UNH match videos have been posted to YouTube.
 
Check out the District rankings here! Once posted, District rankings will be live-updated as the season progresses. The ranking page will also have information about teams that qualify for District Championship and FIRST Championship when it becomes available.

 
District Championship Reminders & Updates
 
This year's District Championship will run from Wednesday, April 13 to Saturday, April 16 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. If your team is high in the rankings or has already qualified to interview for Chairman's, Engineering Inspiration or Rookie All-Star at the District Championship, be sure to check out the information posted on the NE FIRST website.
 
Section 7 of the Administrative Manual has been updated to reflect that we will have 64 teams at District Championship. If your team will possibly qualify for District Championship and is looking for funding to be able to attend, please reach out to your Regional Director ASAP.
 
Public Agenda
 
The Public Agenda for District Championship is now available! Information for teams about how to register for the Team Social will be sent to all New England Main & Alternate Contacts by the end of the week.
 
Hotel Information
 
Hotels for District Championship can be booked through Experient.
 
Alumni Reception
 
The NE FIRST Alumni Network will be hosting a reception for graduating seniors and FIRST Alumni on Friday, April 15 from 6:30 - 8 p.m. during the Team Social. Food at the event will be $10/person and registration is required. Payments can be made either in advance through PayPal or at the door. Registration will be open until Wednesday, April 13. More information can be found on the registration page.
 
Volunteering

Interested in volunteering for District Championship?
Be sure to sign up in VIMS ASAP. We still have several spots that need to be filled.

 
Consent & Release Form Reminder
 
Most teams have already competed in their first New England District event and will not need to bring the NE FIRST Consent & Release forms for subsequent events. If you have not, please remember to bring the NE FIRST forms to your first New England event. However, you must have either your FIRST Consent & Release forms or your TIMS Team Roster printed out for every official event you attend. Failure to present both sets of forms at your first event or the TIMS team roster/FIRST Consent & Release forms at every event will result in your team not being able to participate in the event until you bring the forms or roster to Pit Administration.

     
Calling All 25-Year Volunteers & Mentors!
 
FIRST is looking to recognize any volunteers or mentors that have been with FIRST Robotics Competition since its first year of events in 1992. We're also interested in knowing what volunteers and mentors have been with the program for 20+ years. If you are a 20+ year volunteer/mentor or know of one, please reach out to Carol Scully at cscully@nefirst.org

 
Upcoming Events
 
Hartford District Event
April 1-3
Hartford Public High School
55 Forest St, Hartford, CT 06105
 
Boston District Event Event
April 1-3
Boston University Agganis Arena
925 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
 
National Robotics Week
April 2-10
 
Pine Tree District Event
April 7-9
Androscoggin Bank Colisée
190 Birch St, Lewiston, ME 04240


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 - Karen Giles (kgiles@nefirst.org)
Massachusetts/Rhode Island - Steve Cremer (scremer@nefirst.org)
New Hampshire/Vermont - Scott Heaton (sheaton@nefirst.org)
 
NE FIRST Senior Mentors
Connecticut - Stacey Gray (sgray@firstinspires.org)
Massachusetts - Dana Henry (dhenry@firstinspires.org)
 

 

Archives of NE FIRST Things FIRST are available on the archive page and on the NE FIRST site under "News." Submissions and suggestions can be sent to ljefferson@firstinspires.org.

 

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