[ML-General] FIRST FTC Robotics Volunteers

[Brian Pappas]

Hello everyone,

As some of you know Tyler and I have been helping out a local High School Robotics Team (Team 5096 Monkey Madness).  The team has been doing a lot of work trying to promote the FIRST organization in Alabama. As part of their effort, they are hosting a qualifier competition here in Huntsville on Saturday, January 24th and still need some volunteers.  We will be hosting up to 24 teams from mostly Georgia and Alabama and those who advance will go onto the Georgia State Championship.  The main volunteer positions that are open are judging positions where you get to be part of assigning some of the many awards that are given out.  This is a very important task as the awards play a huge role in deciding who advances to the state competiton.  Judging comprises of a judging session with the teams as well as your interaction with the teams throughout the day in the pit and during the competition.  If you are interested in volunteering, please let me know and I will pass your contact information onto the event organizers.  It is really fun to see the ingenuity and energy all of these teams bring to robotics!  

Here is some more information if you are interested.  Fell free to ask me any questions you may have.

Game video (skip to 2:50):  http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/game

Volunteer Resources:  http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/volunteer-resources

Note:  If you volunteer you will have to pass a very simple background test (Required by FIRST)

If you do not feel comfortable with being a judge, but still want to volunteer at the event, their is probably plenty of other logistical stuff that needs to happen.

-Brian Pappas