FRC REBUILT Blog: Volume 10

Boeing Grant is open! 

The grant is open October 20 through November 14th or until all funds are exhausted. If you have a Boeing Mentor, I encourage you all to apply early for 2 reasons: 

1. To ensure you are allocated funding before it runs out (this happened to many of our FRC teams a few years ago)

    

2. With the grant opening so late, to ensure your funding has been allocated prior to event registration closing.  When we do invoices, we have to apply grant funding based on how FIRST has applied those funds.  If your Boeing funds don’t show as applied on FIRST’s end when we invoice, they will not show on your FIRST Washington invoice.  You will have to wait until FIRST opens their regrant window and will have to request a regrant to access those funds. 

Your Boeing Mentor should have access to the grant through an internal system. 

Next FRC Coaches Chat, 7 PM Thursday, October 23 

Our next coaches chat is scheduled for this Thursday, October 23 at 7:00 pm.  Please make sure to have one coach attend if possible. 

We are trying something new this season and will have a guest presenter  October, November and December coaches chats.   

For this chat, we have asked Emil from 2928 to do a presentation talking about how to become a 501c3 

I will still be going over critical information during this meeting as well so again, plese make sure to have one adult attend. 

Click here for the meeting link. 

Second round of preferencing closes at 9 am Thursday 

To preference for your second event, both coaches must have passed youth protection screening and signed consents so if you were able to preference during the first round (which all of you were!) Do not change coaches unless your new coach is through screening.   

A few things to note about your second round of preferencing: 

• Teams are no longer guaranteed their home event.  If you did not pick your home event during the first round of preferencing, you are no longer guaranteed space at that event. 

• Just like the first round of preferencing, the window will close next Thursday at 9 am.  You can pick your preferences any time during that window.  I recommend that you make sure you have entered your preferences by Wednesday evening. 

According to an email from FIRST this morning, most of you have not submitted your preferences for your second event yet.  Don’t wait until the last minute, make sure they are submitted today! 

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