FIRSTWA FTC Kickoff Event

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Schedule for Sept 11th, 2010 Kickoff

8:30 AM	Doors Open for teams
9:00 AM	Opening Ceremony
	Revealing the Challenge
	Game Walkthrough / Q&A
10:00 AM	Breakout session
	Brainstorming designs
11:45 AM	Pizza and discussions
11:00 PM	Workshops Round 1
	(Programming in Labview)
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	Workshops Round 2
	(Programming in Robot C)
2:00 PM	Pack it up and go home

Lunch

Let us know if you are joining us for lunch. Lunch will be two slices of pizza and a soda for $5.00

Workshop Topics

We will be holding 4 different workshop sessions. We plan to run each talk twice, so you will have a chance to attend two sessions. Note that the programming session has one session for Labview and the second session is for Robot C.

Programming	Event Day	Team Management	Robot Design
A brief introduction to programming the Tetrix kit so you can be successful at the FTC championship!	A brief tour of what happens at the event, including judging and  the engineering notebook.	Discussions about managing your FTC team, mentoring, scheduling, and collaboration.	A quick intro to different drive trains, mechanisms, sensors, parts availability, and using design software.

Registering for Kickoff

We would very much appreciate one team leader from each team registering to let us know how many people from your team are attending kickoff. This will allow us to plan for lunch and for the workshops. If the number changes, PLEASE register again to update your headcount.