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Oklahoma FIRST Tech Challenge News – November 20, 2020 – Tournament Sign Up Edition

League Tournament Preference Sign Up

It’s time to sign up for league tournaments!  These will ideally occur in Feb/Mar. 

As a reminder, each team will be assigned to one event. Teams that have not had too many COVID-related delays should try to sign up for the February events so that teams who have had COVID-related shutdowns and haven’t been able to meet at all have a little more time to prepare. Each event will have approximately 16 teams assigned to it.

SIGN UP HERE

Please respond by December 4

Teams will be assigned to events based on their preference and event capacity, but not all teams may get their first choice depending on demand.

All event dates can be found on the calendar.

Sign up for remote league meets

Choose as many as you would like! 

REGISTER FOR EVENTS HERE

Teams have been added to events, and you will be able to see the events you registered for on the https://ftc-scoring.firstinspires.org/ site.

League Meet #1 is coming soon! + Virtual Coaches and Drivers meeting (everyone invited)

The Coaches and Drivers meeting for League Meet #1 will be held on Monday, Nov 30, at 7pm. (This is a little after the scoring window opens, but is the best available time given Thanksgiving occurring the week before). It is highly recommended that all teams competing in League Meet #1 attend this virtual meeting, and everyone else is also invited if you’d like to learn about how events will work this season. Topics include (but not limited to):

  • Scoring 
  • Safety
  • Choosing camera angles to record your match
  • Q&A with the Head Referee 

The Oklahoma FTC highlights show, including results, from League Meet #1 is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 7 at 7pm on Twitch.

22 teams have signed up for League Meet #1, 44 for any league meet at all, and 70 teams are registered with FIRST (national entry fee) in Oklahoma this year.

Watch this space during the next week for more information!

Competition Questions and Answers

We’ve added a section to the web site that will hopefully answer more of your questions:

Registration Deadline (Oklahoma) and Payment

December 31 is the last day to register a team to compete in Oklahoma. 

We will send out invoices in early January for the $150 Oklahoma fee.

Reminder – check out the discord server to communicate with other teams!

It’s not been too active, but it should be!  We’ve got teams asking for help with specific things, teams offering help, and teams who are planning events that you could check out!  Sign up at this link:

Oklahoma FIRST Volunteers email list

There is a new mailing list for Oklahoma volunteers! Be sure to sign up so you can find out where help is needed. It’s great for outreach, and this year there will probably be lots of help you can give from your living room!

Send an email to firstokvolunteers+subscribe@googlegroups.com to be added to the mailing list.

Mailing list information

Coaches or mentors will be added to this distribution list automatically, but anyone can join – volunteers, competitors, parents, administrators, sponsors, students, etc. are all welcome! They can subscribe by sending an email to: 

ok-ftc-newsletter+subscribe@googlegroups.com

(sign in with a Google account may be needed). If you cannot get that work for some reason, then please email tsmith@firstpartners.org with the subject “newsletter subscription” and you will be added manually. Please check your spam/junk email folder to make sure it’s not ending up in the wrong location.