Competition Schedule
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Northeast Alabama Community College
- Rainsville
12:30 p.m. – 6:00
p.m. Sales and Marketing Presentations
- Presentations will take place at Northeast Alabama Community College.
- Arrive in the front lobby of the Workforce Development Building at least 15 minutes prior to your presentation.
- All teams will check-in in the front lobby and be prepared to enter the presentation room five minutes prior to their time slot.
- Teams waiting to make their presentations should keep noise to a minimum out of respect for other presenting teams.
- We will have presentations every 30 minutes. We are on an extremely tight schedule…please be on time!
- Do not exceed eight people in the room as per the BEST Award Rules.
- The room will be equipped with a screen, projector, and computer, which may be used if desired. Alternately, teams may bring a laptop computer and plug into the classroom system. The hub will not be responsible for incompatibility issues due to different versions of PowerPoint.
Schedule
12:30
pm Ider High School
1:00
pm DeKalb County Technology
Center
1:30
pm Fort Payne High School
2:00
pm Pisgah High School
2:30
pm Marshall Technical School
3:00
pm Woodville High School
3:30
pm Open
4:00
pm Scottsboro High School
4:30
pm Open
5:00
pm Fyffe High School
5:30
pm Judges Meeting
Friday, October 26, 2012
Northeast Alabama Agri-Business
Center
1:00 p.m. - 6:00
p.m. Exhibit Booth Setup and Driving
Practice
Exhibit
Booth Setup
- Teams may begin setting up their Team Exhibit beginning at 1 p.m. and must be complete by 6:00 p.m.
- Exhibit booths must fit within a designated 8’ x 8’ x 8’ space.
- ALL booth material must fit through the standard doorway. Please make sure that you are able to break your booth down into pieces small enough to fit through a standard doorway.
- Booth space will be allocated by team number. Northeast Alabama BEST staff will direct exhibit team leaders to their booth space.
- Please bring a heavy duty extension cord and power strip if you choose to have electricity in your booth. Extension cords of up to 50 feet may be needed to access power for your booth. POWER ACCESS IS EXTREMELY LIMITED IN THE FACILITY. PLEASE USE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS SPARINGLY.
- Please bring garbage bags and other clean-up materials with you and please maintain a clean area in and around your booth. WE EXPECT ALL TEAMS TO LEAVE THE FACILITY SPOTLESS WHEN WE LEAVE!
- Food items are not allowed as give-aways as per the BEST Award rules.
- Live animals are not allowed as part of your exhibit due to health and safety concerns.
Driving
Practice
- Teams may practice driving on the game field beginning at 1 p.m.
- Driving time will be allowed in 30-minute increments on a first come, first served basis. Teams who have already had driving practice time will be asked to yield the field to other teams if more than four are on site for practice at a given time.
- The facility will close promptly at 6:00 p.m.
Game Day Schedule
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Northeast Alabama Agri-Business
Center
11:30 a.m. Doors Open
· Lunch
will not be served, but concessions will be available for purchase throughout
the day. We recommend that drivers and spotters eat before arrival or
immediately after arrival.
11:30 a.m. –
12:30 p.m. Registration
·
Teacher/mentor
in charge of Game Day must register upon arrival
·
Each
team will receive the following in your registration packet:
- Return of your engineering notebook (this must be in your exhibit all day)
- Six Pit Passes for drivers and mentors (At least five of these passes must be issued to students. One may be used for a teacher or mentor. NO others will be granted access. Pit passes must be worn at all times while in the pit.)
- Wrist bands for drivers - Numbered bands will designate driving order.
- Wrist band for team representative – This wrist band will be placed on the one student who is designated to speak to the Field Boss regarding any questions or disputes. According to BEST rules, team members may not question referees. All questions must be referred to the Field Boss through the Team Representative.Access to the pit will take place only at the northeast gate ONLY. Do not use other access points to the pit/field area.
- Each team will complete a Driver Roster at check-in. Teams must adhere to this list and the order throughout game day. All drivers will receive an arm band that will determine their rotation. Drivers must also wear a pit pass when competing or in the pit.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30
p.m. Compliance Check-in and Pit Set-up
- All teams must be robot compliant or the team will not be able to compete. Read the rules carefully!
- Any team that is not compliant will be given the opportunity to go outside and rebuild, make adjustments, whatever it takes to become legal. We want teams to compete!
- Each team will be provided a table to keep their robot and tool box at all day in the pit.
- A battery charging station will be located in the pit area. Teams need to bring their own battery charger and are responsible for charging their own batteries.
- Tables will be set up in the pit area for simple tools. Saws, drills, etc. must remain outside.
- Compliance staff will be on hand to assist and answer any questions.
1:00 p.m. Driver’s Meeting
- ALL drivers should be in the pit by 12:50 p.m. There will be a driver’s meeting at 1:00 p.m. to review rules for the day. Attendance is mandatory for all drivers.
1:20 p.m. Line Up for Opening
Ceremony
- All team members should go outside to south side of building to line up for the opening ceremony. We will line up in team number order.
1:30 p.m. Opening Ceremony!
2:00 p.m. – 4:30
p.m. Robot Competition Rounds and
Exhibits Open
- Seeding rounds continue leading into semifinal and final rounds
- Please keep your exhibit booth manned at all times
- Be ready for spirit breaks by bands, cheers from your cheerleaders, mascot dance-off, and other fun stuff!
4:30 p.m. Exhibit breakdown may
begin
- All exhibits must be removed by 6:30 p.m.
- All booth parts and trash needs to go home with you!
6:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony (TIME
IS APPROXIMATE)
Mandatory
meeting of teams advancing to South’s BEST will be held after the awards
ceremony.
NOTES: Very important!! Please read the following to your
students:
- MUST WEAR SHIRTS AND NO BODY PAINT! Face painting and tattoos are acceptable.
- No large flags please (such as those seen at football games). Large flags obstruct the view of others.
- Only Northeast Alabama BEST volunteers, judges, and VIPs with credentials are allowed in the Hospitality Room.
- No Frisbees, beach balls, or items that may end up on the playing field will be allowed. This is to ensure no interference with the playing field.
- YOU MUST HAVE A PIT PASS TO BE IN THE PIT. YOU WILL BE GIVEN 6 PIT PASSES IN YOUR REGISTRATION PACKET. PLAN WITH YOUR TEAM HOW YOU WILL USE THESE ON GAMEDAY…NO EXCEPTIONS.
- No walkie-talkies allowed in the pit and game area.
- NO TAPE ON WALLS!
- Leave the facility cleaner than you found it. Please take all trash, materials, etc. with you when you leave.
- You are encouraged to bring pep bands, cheerleaders, parents, siblings, friends, relatives, mascots, and school officials to cheer you on. All fans will be seated in the bleachers at the south end of the facility.
