Greetings 2010 VEX Robotics Competition World Championship Teams,
The 2010 VEX Robotics World Championship is less than three weeks away. We are working around the clock to prepare for the event, as we know all of the teams are.
This email is to give you an update on some specific and very important World Championship information your team will need to know - so please be sure to read each section and share the relevant information with everyone on your team.
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Shipping Robots to Dallas**
We have secured discounted robot & materials shipping for teams who would like to ship their robot direct to the competition. Shipments must be received by April 19 at the latest. FFE will also offer the same service at the conclusion of the event for teams that would like to ship their robots and/or materials back home after the competition. All of the rate and shipping information needed, and forms that would need to be filled out and submitted are can be found on 2010 World Championship event page:
http://RobotEvents.com/2010-vrc-world-championship
2010 VRC World Championship Celebration Party Tickets On Sale
We were thrilled to get overwhelmingly rave reviews of the Celebration Party held after the World Championship last year. We’ve been busy planning another Celebration Party for the 2010 VRC World Championship and are committed to matching or exceeding the experience everyone had last year. The 2010 World Championship Celebration will be in an even bigger space this year and will have even more games, activities, food choices, seating and entertainment then last year. We will again offer an advance purchase discount for all team members wishing to attend the celebration. Tickets for the Celebration Party will cost $30 per person if purchased the week of the event, but we¹re happy to provide a 50% discount option for all team members (students and adults) on all tickets purchased in advance. The link to purchase tickets online can be found on the event page:
http://RobotEvents.com/2010-vrc-world-championship
Participant Consent Forms
A completed consent form for all participants must be turned in at check in on Thursday of the event. Team leaders will need to collect the completed forms for all team members attending the World Championship and turn them in to the Pit Administration Registration window when checking in on Thursday, April 22nd. Team gifts will not be distributed until consent forms are turned in. The forms can be downloaded from the event web page.
**Special World Championship Online Award Submissions
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There will be many awards earned by teams at the 2010 VRC World Championship. Judges will be present at the event, observing and speaking with teams during the competition to evaluate them on award criteria. However, there are six awards that require special interviews, presentations and/or online submissions in advance of the event at:
http://RobotEvents.com/vexawards
-Teams that wish to be judged for the Design or Future Awards will need to submit entries online by April 9 and will need to sign up online for presentation/interview time slots. The interviews and presentations for these two awards will take place during the event in Dallas, most on Thursday, April 22.
-For the Community and/or Unite Awards, teams that fit the criteria and wish to be judged for these awards can submit their entries online by April 9.
-Students can nominate one teacher and one mentor from their team for the Teacher of the Year and Mentor of the Year awards. These nominations must also be submitted online by the April 9 deadline.
If your team wishes to submit entries to be judged for any of the above-mentioned awards, please do so online by April 9 at: http://robotevents.com/vexawards
Descriptions of all the awards can be found in the Awards Appendix (http://content.vexrobotics.com/docs/vex-clean-sweep/vex-clean-sweep-appendix-e-awards-20091004.pdf)
**Team Pictures and Video Clips
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We may have some opportunities to display team pictures and video clips at the 2010 VRC World Championship. If your team has some great photos and/or short video clips that you would like to share, we¹d love to see them! Some of the particular images we¹d love to see are: complete team pictures with the robot included, great shots of robots in action, pictures/video of team member reactions (students working on the robots, students working with teachers and mentors, drivers and coaches during matches, cheering sections, celebration, excitement, teamwork, concentration and yes -even the occasional moments of confusion or concern). If you and your team have such images/media files to share, you can submit them at this special web page we¹ve set up:
[http://robotevents.com/submit_media/
That’s it for now. We’ll send another World Championship email update out next week. We can’t wait to see your team in Dallas later this month!
Best Regards,
VEX Robotics Competition](http://robotevents.com/submit_media/)