Monday, January 12

FTC Meets 3 and 4 of 5 held this Wed and Thurs.!

GearGirls are in FIRST place so far!  TechHeroes are in fourth.  Good Luck!  Engineering notebooks are due at the fifth meet on 2/7/15.  These students are schedule to attend, a list was sent to teachers...
Seniors:
Channut Chek(Andrew)

Juniors:
Dave Joseph
Kai Tinsley
Josiah Muledi
Rasheen Farlow
Adama Doumbia
Tristen O'Leary
Cindy Lin

Soph:
Angel Osario
Shamir Monroe
Venise Martinez
Mykyah Vessels
Keisha Smith
Alexsis Davis
Faatimat Sylla
Qadirah Jones
Raiayah Jones

From the FTC director, please read...
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Hi to all of FTC Teams and Volunteers,

Our second Meet week for the Philadelphia League Competition continues this Wednesday and Thursday, January 14 and15. This is 3rd year for the league and we are happy to be able to hold the competition at Temple University again as we did last year and in December for Meets 1 and 2. Thank you to our host and competition organizer, Dr, Jamie Bracey.
This mail is to provide those teams that have registered for this week essential information regarding this event. Most all of the information you need to prepare is accessible on our website, www.FTCPenn.org. We strongly encourage all teams to utilize this site for all tournament information as we progress through the season.

PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THE AGENDA AND INFORMATION.


Agenda for these days and advancement criteria are available for review.  Please follow the link. We will follow a similar agenda for every FTC Meet Competition in Philadelphia this year.

We will highlight key points:

General:
Location
Temple University
College of Engineering Building
Room 102 Exhibition Hall (off lobby)
1947 N 12th St., Philadelphia, PA

Google Map link follows:

Contact info for day of event:

Call or text Tom Zawislak at 302-383-9925 or email ftc@pennfirst.org.

 TEAMS:

To properly prepare for this weekend’s tournament please go to our new site – TOURNAMENT AND MEET CHECKLIST for valuable information.


 Some highlights from the checklist:

 Teams MUST bring PRINTED copies of the following items to all Pennsylvania FTC Tournaments and Meets. Teams will provide these items at Team Registration / Check-in.

1. Team Roster (from TIMS)
2. Completed Consent and Release Form for each student or mentor who has not completed the consent forms electronically
3. Hardware Inspection Checklist with the Team column completed
4. Robot Bill of Materials
5. Software Inspection Checklists with the Team column completed.

 Robot Inspection:
Inspections for teams commence as soon as teams arrive. Please be prompt and we encourage arrivals by 3:00PM if at all feasible

  Consent and Release forms:
Please bring Consent and Release forms as required by FIRST for any official event. If you have registered your team through TIMS than all that is necessary is to bring a print-out of the team roster from that site. They will be collected at Registration. Spectators DO NOT need provide Consent and Release.

 Safety Glasses:
Please remember to bring SAFETY GLASSES. Safety Glasses will be required in the pits and on the competition field. No exceptions!

Power Strip:
An extension cord or one outlet will be provided at each of the pit tables. Please bring your own POWER STRIP for multiple plug-in, AC Power availability. None will be provided.

 Food:
Pizza and drinks will be provided courtesy of Temple University Engineering Department and STEM Outreach.

VOLUNTEERS:
General volunteers will receive cool T-Shirts for the tournament that you can keep.

The shirts we have are the same style and colors as last year and this will help keep us within budget. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

Volunteers will be provided pizza and refreshments at no cost to you to keep your energy!

Please let us know if you should have any questions or require additional information.
Tom Zawislak and Dave Hackett

Pennsylvania FIRST® Robotics FTC®Affiliate Partner
Website: www.FTCPenn.org

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