Prepare for Kickoff

All FRC Participants:
We encourage everyone to download the encrypted game manual before Kickoff. The encrypted manual will be available soon here: https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/frc/competition-manual-qa-system

Team Leaders:
We aren’t collecting team rosters at Kickoff, but please confirm that all your student team members and mentors are registered with FIRST and have consents in place before Kickoff.

Student Team Members:
Make sure you are signed up for your team on the FIRST Dashboard and your parent has given consent for you to participate. Contact your coach if you have questions about this process.

What To Bring To Kickoff:
Bring your laptop or other devices with encrypted game manual already downloaded; FIRST will share the encryption key for the downloaded manual during Kickoff.

Kickoff Details There will be RPI lab tours and FIRST Community Building activities on the kickoff day. If you only plan to pick up your Kit-of-Parts please arrive before noon to check in. The kits will be arranged for distribution during the video feed of the kickoff.

If your team is interested in either the FIRST Community Building activities or the lab tours please continue reading:

• 9am – 11:30am: There will be lab tours at RPI during the morning. These labs are focused on advanced manufacturing and robotics. Doors will open at 8:45 and the first tour will start at 9am. Meet in DCC 308. The tours will continue until about 11:30am. If your team is interested, please let me know how many and when you plan to arrive. Contact: Paul Schoch, schocp@rpi.edu, 518-526-2831 (cell)
  
  
• 9am – 11:30am: During the morning there will be community building activities coordinated by Teams 2791 and 3044. This will include an ice breaker with the goal of getting interaction across teams.
  
  
• 11:15am – 12 Noon: Consider having lunch. Outside food is allowed. Campus gates are typically kept down so venders probably won’t be able to make deliveries at the JEC circle. Please arrange to meet deliveries either by the public roads or by the RPI parking garage.
  
  
• By noon: Teams need to check in at the desk located at the front of DCC 308.
  
  
• 12 Noon - ~1pm: The Kickoff feed from FIRST will start at noon and will be viewed in DCC 308, a.k.a. Darrin Communication Center 308.
  After the game announcement the Kit of Parts will be distributed.
  
  
• 1pm – 2pm: Starting at about 1pm, teams are invited to meet in groups each with a specific focus, call it subteams. The details are being worked out.
  
  
• 2pm – 3pm: Return to the large lecture hall with short reports from the subteams.
  
  
• Rooms will still be available until 4pm.
  
  

Food is allowed but we must clean up after ourselves. Lecture halls and classrooms will be available after the kickoff feed from FIRST for Community Building activities or team meetings.

If your team wants to attend the tours: Please contact Paul Schoch, schocp@rpi.edu, 518-526-2831 (cell) to give an estimate on the number of students and mentors. We have a limited number of slots but will try hard to accommodate all who are interested.

We encourage all teams to participate in community building activities. Show up in the morning and plan to stay a while after the game announcement.