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02-19-2004, 09:34 PM
CALL FOR FIRST ROBOTICS MIDWEST REGIONAL VOLUNTEERS
Get ready to RUMBLE!!! The Robotics way, that is!!! The FIRST Midwest Regional Robotics Competition on March 25, 26 and 27. We are seeking volunteers to make this annual event a success. 56 teams representing 10 states will compete in this high energy robotic sporting event.
This year the competition will be held at Northwestern University’s Welsh Ryan Arena, located at 2705 North Ashland Avenue in Evanston. Volunteers are needed on Thursday, March 25 for the practice rounds and on Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 for the competition.
Volunteers are needed in many areas, including:
Referees Announcers (Pit & Game)
Awards Assistant Field Attendants
Field Repair/Reset Team Queuing
Robot Inspectors Pit Administration
Pit Technical Support Registration/Information Table
Crowd Control
(Volunteer job descriptions are included at the end of this email.)
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, nationwide competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding experience-and a lot of fun. In 2004 the competition will reach more than 20,000 students on over 800 teams in 24 competitions. Our teams come from Canada, Brazil, the U.K., and almost every U.S. State. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines.
You can find out much more about this exciting opportunity at http://www.usfirst.org/robotics.
To volunteer, please register at http://www.usfirst.org/volunteer/. Registration as a volunteer is a three step process. From the link above, you can request a password. After receiving the password, return to the link above, log-in and complete your user profile by filling out the required items such as phone number and contact information. Once your user profile is complete, click on “Express Signup for FRC Event”, indicate your availability and desired positions. BE SURE TO SELECT “Midwest Regional” as your desired event. We recognize that this registration process is a bit lengthy and are working to simplify it. In the interim, if you have any problems registering, please drop us an email and we will help get your registration completed.
Thank you -- we welcome you to be a part of the team!
Barb Marutzky
FIRST Midwest Regional Volunteer Coordinator
847 538-5315
cbm017@motorola.com
Brooster
Get ready to RUMBLE!!! The Robotics way, that is!!! The FIRST Midwest Regional Robotics Competition on March 25, 26 and 27. We are seeking volunteers to make this annual event a success. 56 teams representing 10 states will compete in this high energy robotic sporting event.
This year the competition will be held at Northwestern University’s Welsh Ryan Arena, located at 2705 North Ashland Avenue in Evanston. Volunteers are needed on Thursday, March 25 for the practice rounds and on Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 for the competition.
Volunteers are needed in many areas, including:
Referees Announcers (Pit & Game)
Awards Assistant Field Attendants
Field Repair/Reset Team Queuing
Robot Inspectors Pit Administration
Pit Technical Support Registration/Information Table
Crowd Control
(Volunteer job descriptions are included at the end of this email.)
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, nationwide competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding experience-and a lot of fun. In 2004 the competition will reach more than 20,000 students on over 800 teams in 24 competitions. Our teams come from Canada, Brazil, the U.K., and almost every U.S. State. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines.
You can find out much more about this exciting opportunity at http://www.usfirst.org/robotics.
To volunteer, please register at http://www.usfirst.org/volunteer/. Registration as a volunteer is a three step process. From the link above, you can request a password. After receiving the password, return to the link above, log-in and complete your user profile by filling out the required items such as phone number and contact information. Once your user profile is complete, click on “Express Signup for FRC Event”, indicate your availability and desired positions. BE SURE TO SELECT “Midwest Regional” as your desired event. We recognize that this registration process is a bit lengthy and are working to simplify it. In the interim, if you have any problems registering, please drop us an email and we will help get your registration completed.
Thank you -- we welcome you to be a part of the team!
Barb Marutzky
FIRST Midwest Regional Volunteer Coordinator
847 538-5315
cbm017@motorola.com
Brooster