WWR December Squared Away Tournament

Agenda

8:00 Doors open, registration and inspection - Turn in engineering notebooks when you register. The judges will need to start by 9:00.

9:00 Opening remarks, driver meeting - Robot skills will run until the qualification matches are over.  Get your rounds in early!

9:30 Qualification matches starts

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch - concessions available

1:00 - 2:30 Qualification Matches

3:00 - 4:00 Finals Matches, immediately followed by awards

5:00 Conclusion

Parents and coaches, thank you for helping us run a smooth VEX IQ event!

Volunteer

We will need 20 - 30 volunteers for this event.

Please email [email protected] or visit http://westwoodrobotics.club if you can help.

High school Students will recieve community serice hours for their service.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

For event day information regarding weather delays or cancellations, please check the event page for updates and call David Sankey and 561 463 8641.

If schools are closed due to inclement weather and travel is not allowed from your district to the event, refunds or rainchecks will be made.

Refund and Payment Policies

The amount of refund depends the time the refund is requested.  All refunds for payments through events.vex.com may require 6-8 weeks to process.

Before 2 weeks - full refund

Between 1 and 2 weeks - 75% refund

Within a week of the event - No refund  ( barring extenuatiing circumstances with documentation)

Team changes within an orginazation must be made at least a week before the event.  You may have to register the new team then get a refund for the first team.

STEM Research

1. Please refer to the **STEM Research Project and Presentation** document from the REC Foundation. The document can be found in the VEX IQ Challenge Team Resources area at https://www.roboticseducation.org
2. Record the STEM Presentation as a video following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
3. Upload the video to one of the online video resources following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
4. Have the coach or another adult email the link to the video, including the team number and contact information for the coach, to the Event Partner no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date:

   David Sankey <[email protected]>

5. Teams WILL NOT be interviewed by judges at the event, unless the event qualifies teams directly to VEX Worlds. Please refer to the STEM Research Project and Presentation document for details.
6. Only ONE submission allowed per team. If two or more video links are sent to the Event Partner, only the first link received will be considered.
7. The winner of the STEM Research Project Award will be announced with the other judged awards at the event.