Code of Conduct

The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.

For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.

Agenda

Friday

4:00 pm Doors open, registration opens, inspection opens, and skills open
4:30 pm Initial judging interviews begin
8:00 pm Doors close and all participants leave

Saturday (Main Event Day)

7:30 am Doors open, registration open, pits open
8:00 am Inspection starts
8:00 am Volunteer training for Referees, Judges, and field staff
8:45 am Opening ceremonies and driver meeting
9:00 am Qualifications and Judging
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Qualifications and Judging
2:00 pm Qualifications end
2:15 pm Alliance selection
2:45 pm Eliminations
4:00 pm Awards

Teams are not required to attend the Friday night skills, but there will not be any extension on skills on Saturday. There is also no skills during the lunch our. Our volunteers need the break and so do the teams.

Freiwilliger

We welcome anyone interested in helping on the day of the event and would love any help or guidance from veteran tournament operators. As a part of ensuring the best possible judging outcomes, we ask if any teams have parents or volunteers that could be a part of the notebook and interviewing and judging, please let us know. We want to present a fair and impartial judging. Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt, lunch, and snacks throughout the day.

If you are part of a VEX U team and would like to volunteer, we can also offer to record your skills runs at our event. 

For more information, please email Racheal Matos at [email protected] or sign up at SignUp.

Notfall-/Schlechtwetterrichtlinie

All cancellations will be communicated through email. Please check your email the day before and the morning of the tournament (before leaving).

If the event is cancelled by the event partner, the event will be rescheduled if possible. 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner moves you to the waitlist due to selection criteria of the event:

Refunds will be issued less REC fees.

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Refunds will be provided less the REC fees. If the event partner reschedules the event, no refund will be provided, but the team will be registered for the new date.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event and then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

No refunds will be processed. 

Refunds must be processed through our district payment process, so it takes some time for that to occur, please email if you have questions or concerns. 

Webcast

You can now watch us on StingTV! 

Bewertungsformat

Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in person at the event on Saturday. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents.

A submission deadline is February 7th, 2025 at 11:59 pm to allow notebooks to be reviewed prior to the event date.

Teams will be interviewed at the event in person. Notebooks will not be accepted at the event. 

Lunches

Concessions will be provided throughout the event. 

Lunch information will be updated as we get closer to the event.

There will be a 1 hour break for lunch, so teams can eat out or have food brought into the event. Please do not have food or drinks on the carpeted areas!