ULTIMATE GOAL Coach Email Volume 10 12/17/20 – Kahoots on Monday hosted by FIX IT 3491.
Happy Holidays!
If you are new to this email this is the place where you will find all of the Washington specific FIRST Tech Challenge information. Coaches in the FIRST system for the ULTIMATE GOAL season will be added weekly. Every email from me will be numbered and that number lets you know which update it is, if you miss an update you can find it on our website.
Here is what I have for you today:
- Kahoots with FIX IT 3491
- FTC Tuesdays with Kevin
- Next Virtual Pits Saturday Jan 2nd, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Kickoff Jan 9
- Some news about the FIRST Washington Fieldhouse
Kahoots with Fix it Monday, Jan 21 at 7:00 pm
This year is almost over so let’s celebrate! Join us on Dec. 21 at 7pm for some fun Ultimate Goal Kahoots! It’s your chance to test your game knowledge hang out with the FTC community!
General FIRST WA Zoom Account is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 883 6742 4501
Passcode: 3491
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FTC Tuesday’s with Kevin 3:00 – 4:30 pm December 22 & 29
Have FTC questions or just want to hang out with FTC people? Join Kevin Ross on Tuesdays at 3pm Pacific for a 90 minute Q&A session.
Kevin is the Founding Chairman of FIRST Washington. He is a FIRST mentor going into his 22 year. He can help with mechanical, electrical, programming, judging, team organization, and can make all sorts of inappropriate jokes and bad puns to help your team succeed. No question is too simple or too complex. Feel free to come for a couple of questions, or stay for the entire time. Open to anyone in the FIRST community.
This meeting will be every Tuesday 3pm to 4:30pm.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 829 1381 7510
Passcode: NerdyTalk
Next virtual pits Saturday, Jan 2, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm with FRC teams
Our first virtual pits for 2021 will be Saturday, Jan 2 at 11:00 am. Based on feedback from the last round of virtual pits, we ask each team that hosts a pit to have a short 5 min presentation about their team which will allow 5 min for Q & A at the end. We will be announcing when it is time to switch pits for the first hour and the second hour will be much more free form.
We have invited our FTC teams in to join us in this virtual pit session and are excited at the opportunity for you all to socialize together.
Once again, please fill out this form if you either want a pit or would like to host a workshop during the virtual pits (you can do either, both or neither!) Not interested in hosting a pit or a workshop, no problem! Stop by just to see what everyone is up to and chat with other FIRST folks from the PNW (and possibly other regions)
General FIRST WA Zoom Account is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 882 4315 2555
Passcode: 0147
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+13462487799,,88243152555#,,,,,,0#,,0147# US (Houston)
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+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
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Meeting ID: 882 4315 2555
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Innovation Award Kickoff January 9
The kickoff broadcast that will announce the innovation challenge will begin at 9:00 am pacific time. For info on how to sigh up for the broadcast click here Since we can’t meet in person on the 9th, we have decided to do some remote brainstorming sessions over zoom and because the Innovation Challenge will be the same for FTC and FRC teams, we thought strategizing as a larger group would be fun! Here is where we need your help. We have a 500 person zoom account and depending on how many attend, that may not be large enough. We are asking each team to take a minute to poll your students and mentors so you can give us a reasonably accurate count or how many plan to attend these sessions. Once you have your count, please fill out this form to let us know how many from your team to expect.
We plan to start these sessions right after kickoff ends (which should be around 9:40 pacific time) and will run them until noon or until everyone has decided that they have strategized enough!
I will send a zoom link out the week before kickoff once I have a better idea of headcount.
Message from Kevin Ross about the FIRST Washington Fieldhouse
Hi Teams,
I wanted to let you know about some news from FIRST Washington. Many of you already know that we have a Fieldhouse in Kent WA that we use as our offices and staging area for all FIRST programs in Washington state as well as the PNW. This building has been our home since 2013. During normal years, this facility has provided us with a great space to work in. It is, however, quite expensive for us to keep while we are not able to run in person events and staff are now working remotely from home. In terms of a building, it is also a little large for what we need. Additionally, We are expecting increases in our rental costs when our lease renews next fall. Buildings cost by the square foot, we have too many for our needs.
We have made the decision to put our equipment in storage until next fall and move out of our fieldhouse. This will create a huge savings for FIRST Washington and will allow us to continue operating remotely. We will move into a new smaller building in the fall to resume our field operations for the 2021-2022 season. We expect to be out of our existing building by Feb 1st.
Kevin Ross
Founding Chairman, FIRST Washington
FIRST Executive Advisory Board
Take care everyone, have a safe and happy holiday and fabulous new year!
Kevin Emery
FTC Program Delivery Partner
FIRST Washington
Adrienne Rime
Director of Programs
FIRST Washington