8:45am - Virtual Kick Off and Game Release, FIRST's formal Field walk through, and a Q&A session (VIRTUAL FORMAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY)
11:00am - 3:00pm - In person field visits at "the Hub" at 9420 Activity Road Suite H
IMPORTANT: The in-person portion of this is an informal open house at San Diego FTC's "the Hub" facility. Please come anytime during that open period - you do not need to be there at 11:00am for any region formalities.
That said, please join us for this in-person get together and wear your team T-Shirts!
Take home a sample of the field element(s)*
Take home door prizes from various FTC component providers*
View the field live (we will have 2-3 fields set up to view)
Visit with your fellow FTC teams
And more...!
COVID Note: This event will be help primarily outside or in a well ventilated positive pressure warehouse. Masks are optional.
* Door prizes and field elements will be distributed to teams who have registered with FIRST **AND*** San Diego FTC! If you have not done so already, please review this page: https://www.sdftc.org/2023registration.html! A list of registered teams will be published Wednesday and confirmed Friday before the kick off. Mentors, if there is something restricting you from registering, i.e., school funds, grants, etc., please email sandiegoftc@gmail.com to be excused from this requirement)
The Hub is ready for Kick Off! Thank you to all of the following teams for contributing their time over these past few months in getting it ready for the Power Play season!
Their effort will benefit ALL of the team in the region this year!
Wizalos, Robonoodles, Rise of Hephaestus, Mechanical Advantage, Roboctopi, Crash Test, Scorpio, Almost Human, All Systems Go and any others we may have missed in mentioning!
REGISTRATION: Have you registered yet? If not, please go to this page to get started now! www.sdftc.org/2023registration
(Please read some important Grant changes by FIRST for the upcoming season referenced on this page - do not pay your team registration until you understand these changes.)
Do you of someone trying to start a team and in need of a grant? If so, please email partner Matt Nilsen at mnilsen@firstpartners.org and/or check out the following website to apply for one now!
