Rocket City Regional Shirt Sales
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FIRST® T-Shirts by FOW WOW Designs http://firstinalabama.org/get-invovled/first-tshirts
These FIRST designs have been created exclusively for FIRST in Alabama, an organization dedicated to inspiring young people in the state of Alabama to be science & technology leaders!
A portion of your purchase goes directly to support FIRST!
This is a local company that has generously designed and will donate part of the sells of the shirts to FIRST in Alabama. In addition to these very Retro shirts, Neil will be onsite for shirts to purchase at the Rocket City Regional!
Apparel will be sold on location by long time robotics shirt guy, Neil Krech and his team. They have been providing apparel at various FIRST robotics events all across the country. You will be able to customize your t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, hoodies, tie dye T's, etc... Choose from different designs/logos. Sleeve prints, custom team numbers and other designs will all be applied, as ordered, while you wait. Please keep an eye out for a flyer with the Rock City Regional logo on it. We look forward to seeing everyone in their new gear!"
All the Best,
Dana Hobbs
Regional Director, FIRST®
Team Ownership at the Regional
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Would you be interested in taking ownership of the eye glass stations at the Regional? You can decorate the table in your teams colors/logos/posters/banners, etc! The tables will need to be staffed during the periods that the pits are open.
Thanks and let me know!
All the Best,
Dana Hobbs
Regional Director, FIRST®
New Software Requirements for Your Event
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Since Stop Build Day, Team Update 14 has been issued. This update mentions new software requirements for your event, and we want to make sure everyone is aware of the update (and how to manage it). Note that even though the software changes come from NI, the update suite is required for all teams, regardless of programming language.
Team Update 14 can be read in its entirety here: https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net/frc2019/Manual/TeamUpdates/TeamUpdate14.pdf
What You Will Need
- A computer running Windows 7 or later that you can take to your competition. This, ideally, will be your driver station laptop.
- Download the latest required FRC 2019 Update Suite from NI here: http://www.ni.com/download/first-robotics-software-2017/7904/en/. Make sure the version is FRCLabVIEWUpdate2019.2.0.
- Uninstall any old versions of the update suite you might have by following the directions here: https://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/currentCS/m/cpp/l/1027499-installing-the-frc-update-suite-all-languages. You can skip the step about downloading the update (since we did that in the last step).
- Run the install.
DO NOT UNBAG YOUR ROBOT TO PERFORM THIS UPDATE UNTIL THE INSPECTORS HAVE CLEARED YOU TO UNBAG THE ROBOT AT THE EVENT.
What To Do At The Event
- Connect the laptop (Driver Station) to your robot via USB.
- Power on the robot.
- Follow the directions to update your roboRIO here: https://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/currentCS/m/getting_started/l/1009233-imaging-your-roborio. Note that the roboRIO Image version you’re looking for is FRC_roboRIO_2019_v14.
If you have any spare roboRIOs that are not currently in the bag, you can set up a test configuration and upgrade those at home, as well. If you do the “At Home” steps now, then you will be ready to go ASAP once you get to your competition.
All the Best,
Dana Hobbs
Regional Director, FIRST®
Mission Patch Design Contest at Rocket City Regional
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Design a Team Mission Patch Contest...Questions? Contact (click here for contest guidelines and rules)
All the Best,
Dana Hobbs
Regional Director, FIRST®
2019 Rocket City Regional Team Email Blast #1
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Welcome to Destination Deep Space! 2019 Rocket City Regional! To help you launch your teams to new heights here are a few updates!
February 7th Chairman's and Woodie Flowers Deadline
February 14th Dean's List Deadline!
Particle Mission Checklist for Rocket City Regional:
- Are you keeping up on the team updates and the rules Q&A?
- For most recent updates go to: https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/frc/competition-manual-qa-systemThen scroll to "Team Updates" and click on the link for the most recent .pdf file.
- Have you checked Award Submission Deadlines https://goo.gl/forms/5b9tJ5hBX7UpG8Il1
- Do you have your hotel rooms https://firstrobotics.experientgroups.com/Event/11d3/
- Are your students registered https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/youth-team-member-consent-and-release-form
- Can your team volunteer at Rocket City Regional https://www.firstinspires.org/ways-to-help/volunteer/how-to-register
- Look for a local scrimmage for practice
All the Best,
Dana Hobbs
Regional Director, FIRST®
