

In this weeks Blog-
Event Assignments!
Event registration information! Please read!
Register with FIRST Washington!
Registration closing the end of this week!
Explore invoices going out by the end of next week!
Make sure you read the entire blog!
Note from the FIRST Washington staff-
When sending email asking questions about your team, please include your-
- Team number
- contact info
This way we can help you more efficiently 🙂
Also, please do not email Accounting for event and team related questions that do not pertain to finance, grants, booster accounts, etc. They are working hard to support over 1100 teams and do not have that information.
Thank you!
Get your team registered with FIRST and FIRST Washington ASAP! Challenge registration closing the end of this week!
- We currently have 561 FLL Challenge teams registered with FIRST Inspires
- We currently only have 479 teams registered with FIRST Washington- every team that wants to participate has to register with FIRST Washington!
- Only 220 teams have paid their FIRST Washington invoice and are eligible to attend events!
- Only those 220 have event assignments!

Event Assignments!
I appreciate all of you patience! This was a much bigger undertaking than we expected!
The teams listed have been assigned events. If you do not see your team number on this list, that means you either –
- Have not registered with FIRST Washington
- Have not paid your FIRST Washington invoice
- I have not been told you have paid your FIRST Washington invoice
We are a very small staff, and most, if not all, things are done manually. It takes some time for you to pay, accounting to process it, and them to tell me. I get updates once a day, so if you have paid and don’t see your team listed PLEASE DON’T EMAIL ACCOUNTING. You just slow the process down 🙂
Assignment List Updated 10/29
If you are an Everett or Federal Way Public School team and are on this list but do not have a date assigned, do not panic! I am waiting for an email from your Admin 🙂
Event Waitlist form
Below is a link to the event waitlist form. This is only to be used if you are wanting to switch locations of your event, not just the day you are assigned.
The process of moving teams will not start until after 11/4
Form to switch days only
Below is a link to the form to switch the day you are assigned only (ie. Bellevue Saturday to Bellevue Sunday) at the same venue. This is not to be used if you are wanting to switch locations of your event.

FLL Challenge Event Registration
Overview-
- Teams are assigned events based on location.
- Once a team has paid their FIRST Washington fee and they have been assigned an event, if they would like to change events there will be an opt out form to fill out to request another event.
- Teams will then be placed on a waitlist and moved into that event after all teams have been placed or after a certain date, whichever comes first, if there is still space.
- If there is not space in the event they chose, they may move back into their original event, space permitting, or be assigned to an event with available space.
Challenge Registration- Details- Make sure you read!
- Teams will no longer be filling out a registration survey- YAY
- Teams will still need to be paid to see their placement- invoices just started going out this week to those that filled out the FIRST Washington registration. If you did not fill it out, you will not receive an invoice and will not be placed or able to participate until you do.
- Teams will be assigned a home venue/event that is within 50 miles
- The 50 miles is point to point distance, not driving distance
- This is based on Venue Zipcode and Team Zipcode
- Teams have the ability to opt out of their home event using the opt out form and go on a waitlist. Teams may only ask to opt out by filling out the form- no email communication will be accepted.
- Waitlist teams are not guaranteed a spot in the event they choose, or a spot in the event they opted out of.
- Waitlist teams are placed on a first come first served basis in the event they choose if there is available space, and will be notified after the placement window closes if there is space in the event they chose.
- If there is not space- they can move back to their home event, space permitting, or move into an event with available space, but there is no guarantee an event with available space will be within 50 miles
- Teams requesting to change the day of the week only and not the venue they are competing at will be handled differently. I do not have that process ironed out yet 🙂
FLL Explore Event Registration!
FLL Explore events are almost all finalized!
I will be sending out the registration next week to the teams that have filled out the FIRST Washington registration form. If you have not filled it out yet, it is required to participate in Washington. There is also a $50 fee. You will receive this invoice after November 1st. Teams are able to attend one event.

FLL Explore Events!
December:
- Bellevue- December 14th or 15th
- Snohomish- December 7th
March:
- Snohomish- March 1st
- Yakima- March 15th
- Sammamish- (tentative) March 8th
- Bonney Lake- March 15th
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