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Hello all! I'm writing to ask for your help.
I'm working on getting together the approximately 100 volunteers we need to put on the FIRST Robotics Competition for high school kids which is coming up mid-March. We need a lot of volunteers of all ages and talents (both technical and non-technical) to run the competition. We cannot hold the competitions without our volunteers! I need to get the volunteers in place now so we are ready for March. If you think you may be able to help - whether just any one or all days (or even only online) - please sign up now! I *really* need more volunteers, especially in these positions:
Crowd Control - Friday and Saturday especially
Website Evaluator - this happens online before the competition so you don't have to be there or you can do both this and another volunteer position
Field Assembly - Wednesday (3/11) afternoon
Field Repair/Reset
Official Scorer
Robot Inspectors - Thursday (3/12)<---- technical people needed
Please sign up online if you have some time to help and tell your friends. It's lots of fun! Also, the competition is open to spectators so tell your friends to come and watch. It's at San Jose State University Event Center. Sign up at: https://my.usfirst.org/vims/
PLEASE NOTE: Make *SURE* you select the "Silicon Valley Regional" on the Volunteer Preferences page, otherwise I won't be able to see you in the system! Forward this to anyone interested- whatever their background (college students, retired, anyone who can help!).
Training will be supplied by FIRST either at the time of the event, by conference call, or on-line. Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day.
Volunteers will receive a **complimentary FIRST T-shirt** to be worn on-site at all times when they are volunteering, and can worn with casual wear such as blue jeans or khakis and comfortable closed toe shoes. The volunteer T-shirts will be available on-site when you first arrive to work the event.
Hope to see you there!
Elise Engelhardt
408-360-0669
What is the FIRST Robotics Competition?
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a unique varsity sport of the mind designed to help high-school-aged young people discover how interesting and rewarding the life of engineers and researchers can be. The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of young people and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules. Teams build robots from the parts and enter them in competitions designed by Dean Kamen, Dr. Woodie Flowers, and a committee of engineers and other professionals. FIRST redefines winning for these students because they are rewarded for excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious professionalism and maturity, and the ability to overcome obstacles. Scoring the most points is a secondary goal. Winning means building partnerships that last.
This competition is the largest high school event of its kind developing critical skills in science and technology in a super-charged learning atmosphere. FIRST competitions (all ages) involve 53,000 teachers, mentors and engineers. The FIRST Robotics competition for high school age has with more than 42,000 students and nearly 1700 teams across the country competing in 40 regional competitions.
Students work with engineer mentors to design, build and test a robot developed as a solution to a competition problem provided by FIRST. The robots compete in an area requiring the teams to strategize and build offensive and defensive capabilities into their design. Students acquire skills such as problem solving, project management, critical thinking and teamwork: skills necessary to their future and the future of society.
If you think you may be able to volunteer for the FIRST Robotics Competition, please sign up right away in FIRST's Volunteer Information and Matching System (VIMS). To access VIMS go to https://my.usfirst.org/vims/ PLEASE NOTE: Make *SURE* you select the "Silicon Valley Regional" on the Volunteer Preferences page, otherwise I won't be able to see you in the system! If you are a new volunteer, click on the red star to the lower left which says "Sign me up!" Proceed as directed. (If you experience problems registering or have additional questions, please contact volunteer@... ) You will then receive a follow up from me and a confirmation email from FIRST. You may also contact me directly at engelhardte@... or call me at 408-360-0669
Please pass this email along to anyone you think may be interested in volunteering. It is an exciting, fast-moving, rewarding event. One you will remember for a lifetime!
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