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Event Info
ALL Oregon FTC Events -Locations - Capacity
ALL Payment Information for Qualifying Events
ALL Oregon FTC Championship Advancement Criteria - Click here for pdf
ALL Required FIRST Consent Forms for Team member, volunteers and coaches
HillHi Information for Saturday, January 29 and January 30 A & B
for Coaches and Team Members
OMSI Information for Saturday, February 5 for Coaches and Team Members
OSU Information for Saturday, February 19 for Coaches and Team Members
CHAMPIONSHIP Information for Saturday, February 26 and Sunday, February 27 for Coaches and Team Members
CHAMPIONSHIP Oregon FTC Championship Roster

Oregon FIRST Tech Challenge 2010 Qualifying Events

Date Location Comments
1/29/10 Hillsboro High School 16 Team Oregon FTC Qualifying Event
1/30/10 - 8:30 am arrival Hillsboro High School 16 Team Oregon FTC Qualifying Event
1/30/10- 10:30 am arrival Hillsboro High School 16 Team Oregon FTC Qualifying Event
2/5/10 OMSI 16 Team Oregon FTC Qualifying Event
2/12/10 Evergreen Space Museum 16 Team Oregon FTC Qualifying Event
2/19/10 Kelley Engineering: OSU 24 Team Oregon FTC Qualifying Event
2/26/10 South Meadows MS, Hillsboro Informal Inspection, Pit Setup, Practice
2/27/10 South Meadows MS, Hillsboro Oregon FTC Championship presented by Rockwell Collins

Oregon FTC Championship Teams

2010/2011 Oregon FIRST Tech Challenge Championship Roster           
Advancement QT Award Team# TeamName TeamCity Affiliation
EVERGREEN Inspire 2 Even Primes Hillsboro None
OMSI Inspire/QT Host Team 267 Team 2-60- Awesome! Portland Benson Polytechnic High School
OSU Winning Alliance 447 2 Much Sense Amity amity High School
OSU Inspire Award 2869 Flaming Cup Noodles Portland Community
OMSI ACS Team 3058 Jury Riggers Tigard, Oregon Tigard High School
OSU Winning Alliance 3111 Spontaneous Combustion amity amity high school
HillHi30A WinningAllianceCaptain 3237 Titan Robotics Team 2 Salem West Salem High School
  QT Host Team 3257 Dream Team Hillsboro Hillsboro High School
HillHi30B ACS Team 3515 untitled-8 LAke Oswego Lakeridge HS
HillHi29 & HillHi30B WinningAlliance 3525 Jedis Banks Banks High School, neighborhood team
HillHi29 Inspire/Winning Alliance Captain 3531 Short Circuits Portland, OR West View High School
HillHi30B ACS Team 3633 Technology Designers of Tomorrow The Dalles The Dalles Wahtonka High School
  QT Host Team  3727 Super Fly Omega Tronics D-lux Hillsboro Hillsboro High School
OSU ACS 3731 Bot Jox Cottage Grove Cottage Grove High School
HillHi30A ACS Team 3965 Twisted Metal Tigard, Oregon Tigard High School
HillHi30B Inspire 4092 Nanites Portland Lincoln High School
HillHi29 ACS Team 4108 Guess & Check Saint Helens Saint Helens High School
OMSI Winning Alliance 4143 Blue Steel Hood river hrvhs
HillHi30A Inspire/WinningAlliance 4239 Ninja Conspiracy Banks Banks High School, neighborhood team
OMSI Winning Alliance 4412 Robot G's hood river Hood River HS
HillHi30B WinningAlliance/QT Host Team  4508 E=mc^Squirreled Beaverton Village Home Education Resource Center
OSU Winning Alliance Captain 4519 Cerberus Eugene Community Team
EVERGREEN Winning Alliance 4543 Soup The Dalles The Dalles Wahtonka High School
EVERGREEN Winning Alliance 4586 Tiger Team Newberg Newberg High School


Oregon FTC Payment Information

NEW!!!! - There will be no additional fee for participating in the Championship event.

Oregon FTC 2010 Payment Form for QTs

Part 1 for Credit Cards or Checks
Part 2 for Purchase Orders

Cost: 1st Qualifying Event is $75 and 2nd Qualifying Event is $50.
Oregon FTC Scholarship Teams: Cost is $25 per event

If your team requested two qualifying slots, please wait to see if your team is assigned to a 2nd event prior to paying.
If your team only requested one qualifying slot, you can make your payment at anytime.

Fax credit card payments or Purchase Orders to 503-725-2921

Mail in a checks, purchase orders or credit card payment to: ORTOP-FTC REG / PO BOX 751, IAFF /Porland, OR 97207-0751

If you are paying by credit card DO NOT send the form by email. We can not accept it. It is against OUS Financial Security Policy because it is unsecured.


 

GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM™ and COOPERTITION™ and FTC Core Values**
http://usfirst.org/aboutus/content.aspx?id=36

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Core Values
We are a team.
We do the work to get the job done with guidance from our coaches and mentors.
We honor the spirit of friendly competition.
What we learn is more important than what we win.
We share our experiences with others.
We display gracious professionalism in everything we do.
We have fun.

FTC Coach’s Promise
As the coach of a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team, you are responsible for honoring and
communicating FTC core values to team members, team volunteers, and others affiliated with
your team.
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YOUR  INPUT ON GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM™/COOPERTION™/Core Values
At all Oregon FTC events  Team Members, Coaches and Volunteers are expected to honor and act in accordance with the FTC Core Values and rules.

Team Members, coaches and volunteers are encouraged to fill out a GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM™/COOPERTION™ /CORE VALUES form about something exceptionally GP  that happened at the event you would like the Tournament Director, Judge Advisor or Head Referee to know about another team, coach or volunteer.   Although we expect 99.9% of the ones we receive to be positive comments, letting us know about something exceptionally UN-GP is also welcomed.  GP Forms and the INPUT Box will be located at the PIT ADMIN table at every event.

 

 

 

REQUIRED FIRST® CONSENT AND RELEASE FORMS

FIRST Consent and Release forms will be required at the Championship ONLY FOR TEAM MEMBERS/COACHES/MENTORS THAT DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE QUALIFYING EVENT

All team members, coaches, mentors and official adult chaperones with the team on tournament day must have a signed FIRST Consent and Release form turned in at the event checkin desk.
Students 17 years of age or younger must have it signed by a parent or legal guardian. Students 18 years of age or older can sign their own form.

Parents, friends and guests of teams do not need a signed consent form

No exceptions to this rule. You must show up at the event with signed consent forms for everyone on the team in order to participate.

FIRST® Release and Consent Form 2010-2011 in English

FIRST®Release and Consent Form 2010-2011 in Spanish

 

 

Oregon FTC Championship presented by Rockwell Collins
at South Meadows Middle School, Hillsboro, Oregon

MAP TO: South Meadows Middle School - 4960 SE Davis Road, Hillsboro, OR 97123

Championship Event on Sunday, February 27, 2011
Optional Pre-inspection and practice field time - Saturday, February 26, 2011

Oregon FTC Championship Teams

FIRST Consent Forms required only for team members, coaches, mentors that did not participate in your Qualifying Event.

Saturday, February 26, 2011  pre-championship day
OPTIONAL Pre-inspection and practice field times

TIME

Event

Place

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Pre-Inspection

PIT - SMMS Cafeteria

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Practice Field

PIT - SMMS Cafeteria

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2011 - Oregon FTC Championship Day

Time

Event

Location

7:45 – 8:15 am

Team Check-in and Pit set-up

SMMS Cafeteria

8:30am

Welcome and Coach/Mentor/Team Member Meeting

Gym

8:00 am- end of competition

Tournament field available for practice
(closed during meetings/ceremonies)

SMMS Cafeteria

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Scheduled 1st Software,  Hardware & Field Robot Inspection and unscheduled 2nd/3rd inspections .
 Consult Folder Tag for team time

Gym behind curtain

8:30 am - 11:35 am

Judging Session: Each team and their robot have
one ten-minute judging session
Consult folder tag for team time and panel assignment
NOTE: This means that 3 teams will have their judging session during the scheduled lunch time. Plan accordingly to eat before or after your judging session.

 

Follow signs to judging hallway

11:00-11:40 am

Lunch

PIT

11:45 pm

Opening Ceremonies for the teams and the public

Gym

~ noon  following Opening Ceremonies

Qualification Rounds begins!

Competition Fields
Rockwell Collins and
Intel Field

Approx 3:15 pm  

Team Captain Meeting to prepare for Alliance Selection

SMMS Entryway near PIT

Approx 3:30 pm  

followed by
Alliance Selection and Elimination Rounds

Gym

4:30pm

Awards Ceremony

 Gym

5:00 pm

Adjournment

 


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Oregon FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifying Event
at Kelley Engineering Center, Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qualifying Event Day Details
7:15-7:45 am     Team Check-in   Teams arrive at Kelley Engineering Center, OSU for check-in.  Enter Kelley Engineering Center using the north door closest to the westside of the building. Team Check-in will be set up in Pit Admin. Team Check-in OPENS at 7:15 am and CLOSES at 7:45 am.  All teams are expected to check-in at this time.

PIT AREA - located in Kelley Engineering Center Rooms - 1005, 1007 and the adjacent hallway and lounge area.
Team proceeds to assigned Pit Table in the Pit area. You will have table for your pit area.  Space is limited at OSU, we’ll be doing our best to accommodate everyone. Please place unneeded items under the table. Gracious professionalism, please! You can eat at your pit table but please clean up after yourselves.  You can set up a tri-board or poster highlighting your team's community service projects, robot design, programming or team profile info.

8:00 -8:25am - Coach/Mentor/Team Member Meeting in KEC-1001 (across from the PIT rooms):
Everyone is expected to attend the event meeting. In this meeting, we’ll review the flow of the day and the tournament rules, and answer your last-minute questions. We’ll welcome the teams, thank sponsors, and make a few short announcements. We will also review robot driving rules with the teams.

8:30-11:00am     Software, Hardware and Field Robot Inspection Stations located near the Rockwell Collins field.

8:45 –11:25am   Judging Session – Each team and their robot has one ten-minute judging session

8:30 am --- Tournament field available for practice.  Use of the practice area will be informally scheduled to ensure that all teams have comparable access to the area; the practice area monitors will facilitate field use. The Practice Field will be located between the two competition fields on the 1st Floor. The practice field is in a very public location. The teams’ behavior and language should be professional and polite.  If you are waiting for your turn, please explain the Get Over it Game and FTC to guests that are watching.

11:00 am - Formal Robot Inspection closes. Teams that have passed hardware/ software/field inspections will advance to Qualifying Rounds. Tournament officials will enter the team numbers advancing teams into the Event Scheduling program. Teams will be randomly matched into 2 team alliances for the qualifying round

11:00-11:30 -- Lunch: You are encouraged to bring lunch from home in order to provide your team with the most flexibility to stay hydrated and nourished.Teams can bring in their own food but please clean up after yourselves.
Other options: The e.cafe' located on the 1st Floor of the Kelley Engineering Center. e.cafe Menu 
Also, directly across the street on Monroe Avenue are a number of restaurants such as Subway, QDoba, Chipotle, Yumm Cafe, Big Town Hero, and others. BUT, don't be late or miss a qualifying round. Send a parent for take-out to bring it back.

11:35 am--OPENING CEREMONIES for the public. Introduction of the game and teams, team pins, coach/driver buttons.  

12:00 pm -- QUALIFYING ROUNDS BEGIN!

---Schedule projected on the Pit Gym Screen. Look for your match #. Each match should take approximately 5 minutes.  
---Teams check-in at PIT Admin Table three matches before the one occuring and then proceed to the atrium bullpen area #1 or atrium bullpen area #2.  The Event Field Volunteers will direct you to the proper field and alliance position.  Listen for Match # Annoucements over the PA system. Assign a team member to do this. The event runs on Match Order not Match time. The fields will be located on each end of the 1st Floor of the Kelley Engineering Building.

ODD numbered matches will be on the ROCKWELL COLLINS field and EVEN numbered matches on the INTEL Field

Team goes back to Pit area to practice or make adjustments to robot, or watches other teams in the Performance competition.  
All teams will be on an even footing, in that none will know the competition-pairing schedule until the day of the competition. Because of the tightness of the schedule, you will not be able to make up a missed competition round.  Two student drivers and one coach (which can also be a student) are allowed per team in the Alliance box.

Review how Qualifying Rounds are Scored!!!!  Review Tournament section of Game Manual! This comes as a surprise to most rookie teams. Understand Qualifying Points (QPs) and Ranking Points (RPs) .   Get Over it Game Manual – Section 3.6.6

Approx 3:00 PM       ALLIANCE SELECTION and ELIMINATION ROUNDS
Understand how alliance selection is made. Read Section 3.6.7 Get Over it Game Manual 
As described in the FTC Rules, 3 team alliances will be formed.  

Teams are asked to select a Team Captain for the Alliance Selection process. Immediately following the Qualifying Rounds, Team Captains are report to KEC-1001 for the Alliance Selection Procedure meeting. The rest of the team, coaches, mentors wait in the Atrium lobby during this time.

NEW!!! – For the Get Over it Game their will be only four 3-team alliances in the elimination rounds (12 teams). 
Elimination Round Play – read section 3.6.8

Cleaning up the PIT:   After Qualifying Rounds, if your team is not advancing to the elimination rounds, the team should pack up their belongings. You can leave them in the Pit until after the awards ceremony but please be packed and ready to go.

4:00pm -- Awards Ceremony:  After Competition is complete, teams go to Kelley Engineering Building Atrium for the Awards Ceremony.   
Note: Please keep in mind we will try our best to keep to the schedule but may experience technical difficulties that will slow down or suspend play for an indeterminate number of minutes. Patience and gracious professionalism are key!            
Team goes back to Pit room to retrieve any remaining belongings and leave site.

Safety Glasses –Failure to wear safety glasses violates FTC rules and can negatively impact judged awards.  Game Manual Sec 3.5 – EYE PROTECTION AND SAFETY FIRST requires all teams to bring and supply safety glasses for its members for each competition. Students and adult team members and guests must wear them to protect their eyes while working on the Robot, when observing Robot building/repair work, and while competing. Operators, players, and coaches will not be allowed in the Competition Area or Pit Area without them. Regular glasses and sunglasses do not qualify as safety glasses. If you wear prescription glasses, you must wear safety goggles over them or attach safety side shields.

Adults to Supervise Participants – Plan on two adults per team (e.g., yourself and your team’s mentor) and three adults for larger teams.  Note that due to space considerations, a maximum of three adults will be allowed to accompany the team into restricted tournament areas.

Guests –Please invite family, friends, sponsors, and school VIPs. Viewing will be by standing room only and most guests will be viewing from the second floor down into the atrium.   Only team members, coaches, and mentors will be allowed in the Judging areas; parents, family members and guests can view competition , practice field or tour campus between matches. Teams can invite guests into the PIT for short visits IF THEY PROVIDE SAFETY GLASSES for the guests.  We are officially opening the event to the public at the start of the opening ceremony at 11:30 am.

Extra Children – We recommend that you do not bring extra children with you.  If you have youngsters who are not members of your team and want to attend the tournament, you should have them accompanied by an adult who is not attending as part of your team. 

Coaches with Multiple Teams – If you have more than one team at this tournament, it’s important that you bring an adequate number of adults with you to supervise your teams.  Teams from the same school will have their Pit tables in close proximity to one another to the best of our ability. Remember too that your teams will be competing at different times in different places and that each team must have a designated coach that is responsible for each team.

Food

Sack Lunches – You are encouraged to bring lunch from home in order to provide your team with the most flexibility to stay hydrated and nourished. Other options: The e.cafe' located on the 1st Floor of the Kelley Engineering Center. e.cafe Menu 
Also, directly across the street on Monroe Avenue are a number of restaurants such as Subway, QDoba, Chipotle, Yumm Cafe, Big Town Hero, and others. BUT, don't be late or miss a qualifying round. Send a parent for take-out to bring it back.

Parking
All campus parking labeled faculty, staff or student is open to visitors on the weekend, with the exception of any individual spot labeled "Reserved".

Directions to the Oregon State University Campus
Kelley Engineering Center* is located on the Oregon State University Campus in Corvallis, OR. is closet to SW 26th and SW Campus Way.
OUS Parking: All campus parking labeled faculty, staff or student is open to visitors on the weekend, with the exception of any individual spot labeled "Reserved".

FUN FACT! - *This certified "green" building houses the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science along with labs, classrooms and offices for graduate students and professors. It is the first academic engineering building in the country to be awarded the Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Tournament Volunteers
You will be able to recognize Tournament Volunteers; they will be wearing OSU School of Engineering T-Shirts, most are members of the OSU Robotics Club. Feel free to ask volunteers for help or information. They are there to make the tournament run smoothly and to help you throughout the day. 

Fun Stuff

We're going to have a great time.  Your team should consider wearing something fun to identify your team members, i.e. hats, T-Shirts, stickers. ORTOP encourages participants to talk and share their experience.  This is a great opportunity to meet new friends, share stories and learn from each other. This is an educational, friendly competition.


Sincerely,
Taj Morton, President, OSU Robotics Club
OSU FTC Qualifying Event Manager

and

Ed Epp
ORTOP FTC Chair
Oregon FTC Affiliate Partner

 

 

OMSI - February 5th

Coach and Team Member Information for the FTC Qualifying Tournament at OMSI

Email to Coaches about OMSI QT sent February 2, 2011

FIRST Consent Forms

 

Time

Event - OMSI FTC QT

Location

7:00 am - 7:55am

Team Check-in and Pit set-up

Turbine Hall Lunchroom

8:00 am

Welcome and Coach/Mentor/Team Member Meeting

Near Field in Aud

8:30 am- end of competition

Tournament field available for practice

In Lobby near Planetarium

8:30 am - 11:00 am

Scheduled 1st Software, Hardware & Field Robot Inspection and unscheduled 2nd/3rd inspections .
Consult Folder Tag for team time

In Auditorium near field

8:30 am - 11:10 am

Judging Session: Each team and their robot have
one ten-minute judging session
Consult folder tag for team time and panel assignment

Classroom 1 and SERT Room – Enter from Hallway between Pit and Auditorium

11:00 – 11:30  am

Lunch

PIT/Turbine Lunchroom

11:30 pm

Opening Ceremonies for the teams and the public

Field in Aud

12:00 pm

Qualification Rounds begins!

Field in Aud

Approx 4:00 pm  

Team Captain Meeting in Judging Hallway to prepare for Alliance Selection

Parker Room – take Glass elevator to top floor.

Approx 4:20 pm  

followed by
Alliance Selection and Elimination Rounds

Field in Aud

5:30 pm

Pre-Awards Activities and Awards Ceremony

Field in Aud

6:00 pm

Adjournment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HILLSBORO HIGH SCHOOL - January 29th and January 30th

3285 SE Rood Bridge Road, 97123

GOOGLE MAP LOCATION FOR HILLSBORO HIGH SCHOOL
I (Jim Higgs) look forward to seeing each of and having a great tournament!

Things you need to know / Items needng response / Schedule for Jan 29 and Jan 30-A / Schedule for Jan 30-B

With this memo, I want to inform you of several important things. I also need you to respond to several questions. It is NECESSARY that you respond within 48 hours to those items for which a response is requested. Written responses should be sent to Jim Higgs (HiggsJDH@hotmail.com) who is helping me with this event, and also cc’d to me (domesd@hsd.k12.or.us). You may also call Jim direct at 503.544.7696 or call me direct (after 4:00 pm) at 503-504-6128.

Please immediately distribute the following "Need to Know" items to your teams.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE COMING TO THE TOURNAMENT:
Our space at Hillsboro High School is very limited. We have sufficient room for the teams and coaches in a designated Pit area. Otherwise, there will be very little sitting space and people will be standing most of the time on Sunday. We’re requesting that in addition to coaches and team members, no more than one guest attend per team member. Team members, coaches, and mentors will be in the pit area and there will be room for only approximately 8-10 per team. Even if every team brings only one guest per team member, 2/3 of the guests will not have seating throughout the day.

ITEMS NEEDING A RESPONSE FROM EACH COACH:

Schedule of the Day for Saturday, January 29th and Sunday, January 30th - Event "A"

The Hillsboro High School Common Area will be used for January 29th

The Hillsboro High School Cafeteria will be used for January 30th -Event "A"

Time Event SATURDAY SUNDAY
8:00 am - 8:25 am Team Check-in and Pit set-up Commons
Entry		 Cafeteria
8:30am Welcome and Coach/Mentor/Team Member Meeting Commons Field-B Cafeteria Field -A
8:30 am- end of competition Tournament field available for practice Cafeteria Cafetera
9:00 am - 11:30 am Scheduled 1st Software and Hardware Robot Inspection and unscheduled 2nd/3rd inspections. TE-4 TE-4
9:00 am - 11:55am Judging Session: Each team and their robot has one ten-minute judging session
NOTE: This means that 3 teams will have their judging session during the scheduled lunch time. Plan accordingly to eat before or after your judging session. 		BE Hallway BE Hallway
11:00-11:30 am Lunch PIT/Commons PIT/Cafeteria
12:00 pm Opening Ceremonies for the teams and the public Competition Field-B Competition Field -A
12:20 pm Qualification Rounds begins! Competition Field -B Competition Field A
Approx 3:45 pm   Team Captain Meeting in Judging Hallway to prepare for Alliance Selection BE Hallway BE Hallway
Approx 4:00 pm   followed by
Alliance Selection and Elimination Rounds		 Field -B Field A
4:40 pm Pre-Awards Activities and Awards Ceremony Field - B Field A
5:00 pm Adjournment    

 

Schedule of the Day for Sunday, January 30th - Event "B"

Time Event Location
10:00 am - 10:25am Team Check-in and Pit set-up Commons Entry - near door
10:30am Welcome and Coach/Mentor/Team Member Meeting Field - B
10:30 am- end of competition Tournament field available for practice Cafeteria
11:00 am - 1:30 pm Scheduled 1st Software and Hardware Robot Inspection and unscheduled 2nd/3rd inspections. TE-4
11:00 am - 1:55pm Judging Session: Each team and their robot has one ten-minute judging session
NOTE: This means that 3 teams will have their judging session during the scheduled lunch time. Plan accordingly to eat before or after your judging session. 		BE Hallway
1:00-1:30 pm Lunch PIT/Commons
2:00 pm Opening Ceremonies for the teams and the public FIELD-B
2:20 pm Qualification Rounds begins! FIELD-B
Approx 5:45 pm   Team Captain Meeting in Judging Hallway to prepare for Alliance Selection BE Hallway
Approx 6:00 pm   followed by
Alliance Selection and Elimination Rounds		 Field -B
6:40 pm Pre-Awards Activities and Awards Ceremony Field -B
7:00 pm Adjournment