Greetings Colleagues & Future FRC Judges,
As someone who has either participated or expressed interest in judging at a FIRST event in the past, or someone that I just think would be great at inspiring society’s next generation of engineers and scientists, I am contacting you to determine your willingness and availability to volunteer as a judge at the FIRST Robotics Competition Southfield District Event at Southfield High School on March 4 ~ 5.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) seeks to transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes. The FIRST Robotics Competition involves teams of high school students designing, building and operating their own robot that competes in a game challenge. Information on this year’s game challenge, “FIRST STRONGHOLD,” is available at: http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/welcome-to-first-stronghold.
As a judge, you will interview team representatives to determine their eligibility for a number of different awards based either on team or machine attributes. When final teams are selected, you will be asked to prepare an award script and participate in the awards ceremony at the end of the competition. Judges are required to be available from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
If you could, please let me know if you would be available to participate this year. If you are interested in volunteering, I would also ask you to sign up for the event using the US FIRST Volunteer Information Management System portal at: https://my.usfirst.org/FIRSTPortal/Login/VIMS_Login.aspx.
If you but cannot attend this event but would be interested in judging at another Michigan District event, a complete list of events is at: http://firstinmichigan.org/FRC_2016/frc_2016_season.html. I would be happy to forward your information to the Judge Advisor at any other District event.
On behalf of FIRST, I thank you for your consideration and look forward to hearing from you soon.