FVL VEX Experience 2021 - VIQC Blended ES/MS

General Info

This is the FVL VEX Experience: VIQC

This event has been changed to be a blended Elementary/Middle School event since we do not have enough teams to sustain two individual events. Please note the changes to the day's schedule.

Welcome

To the FVL VEX Experience! Teams of all ages will be competing in VRC Change Up and VEX IQ Next Level, hoping to take home the trophy and earn a spot in the Wisconsin VEX State Championship. Due to the unprecdented times we find ourselves in, the FVL VEX Experience will look different than in other years, but we will be working to still provide the best possible experience for teams that attend.

Judging

Judging interviews will be conducted via online Zoom call on Tuesday evening, February 9. Signup here: https://signup.com/go/uvQfPOg

Design Notebooks (required for consideration for Excellence and Design award) must be submitted digitally by Sunday, February 7, at 12:00 PM. Submit notebook here: https://forms.gle/eR3Eu9jSBtMBWNrM8

COVID-19 Related Event Modifications

Our number one priority is to ensure the safety of those participating in and helping with the event. The following will be in effect for the event (subject to change in response to current conditions):

Modifcations/Precautions

• Only up to 4 team members and 1 coach will be allowed per team
• NO SPECTATORS allowed in the building (the event will be webcast live)
• Hand santizer stations will be available throughout the venue
• Pit tables will be arranged with a spacing of at least 8' to allow for appropriate distancing (one team per table)
• Fields will be placed further apart to allow for distancing
• Alliance stations will be enlarged at the fields to allow for more social distancing between teams
• A limited item concession stand with food items will be available (carry-in food is allowed)

Procedures for Participants

• All competitors, coaches, volunteers and officials will be required to wear a cloth face covering during the event
• Please maintain 6' distancing between teams as much as possible throughout the event
• No spectators will be allowed at the event (the event will be live-streamed)
• No hand-shakes, high-fives or other unnecessary touching during the event (Please find non-contact ways to show your sportsmanship and encouragement)
• Team members will be asked to use hand sanitizer before each match and before using the practice fields
• One member from each alliance will assist with reseting the field at the end of each match
• Food may only be consumed at a team's pit table or at the tables available for eating in the commons (No walking around and eating)

Parking and Event Location

All the events will take place in the Commons on the lower level of campus. Please park in the East or South lot and enter the building at entrance K.

Volunteers

We are limiting the attendance at this event for safety purposes. One way to be able to attend the event would be to serve as a volunteer during the event.

Please sign up here to volunteer at the event: https://signup.com/go/GHvvQQC

State Qualifications

This event will qualify a certain number of teams for State Championship. However, due to the number of events that will likely operate under contingencies provided by the Season Restart Guide and the Game Manual, qualification spot assignments will not be made until later in the season. State qualification spot assignments will be equitable and retroactive:

• Events of the same size and type will receive the same number of qualification spots. 

• Events that have been uploaded and finalized before the state spot assignments have been made will have the equitable number of spots assigned, and the qualifications will be issued retroactively. 

Questions on qualification spots may be addressed to the Bill Ryno [email protected]. 

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All Remote Judging