World Psychological Well being Day
October tenth was World Psychological Well being Day, which is a day to boost consciousness of psychological well being points all over the world and to mobilize efforts in assist of psychological well being. FIRST Robotics Competitors is aware of how essential psychological well being is to the neighborhood so we wished to take a second to acknowledge this essential day. I hope everyone seems to be taking good care of themselves and their family members as we proceed to work via some difficult instances.
FIRST not too long ago added some psychological well being sources to our Fairness, Range, and Inclusion Coaching & Assets web page. You discover them within the ‘Properly-Being’ part. Simply click on the ‘+’ signal on that heading to broaden. It’s value looking and sharing with these you suppose may discover it helpful.
Occasions and Occasion Preferencing
The entire present 2022 occasions at the moment are posted to your evaluate! There have been many modifications since we final had in-person occasions. Verify them out on the 2022 FRC-Occasions web page. Essential observe: as with each season, occasions are topic to vary, however it is best to base your preferencing selections on the present scenario. If there are any modifications to an occasion, we are going to work with affected groups to resolve any points that come up as finest we will.
Pleasant reminder that occasion preferencing is developing! Spherical 1 of occasion preferencing opens on October 14th at 12 PM (Midday) Jap Time and closes on October twentieth at 12 PM (Midday) Jap Time. As soon as preferencing closes, you can not make any modifications, so be certain to get your occasion preferences in by the deadline. Try the Consumer Information for directions.
One merchandise to pay particular consideration to within the Consumer Information is the idea of ‘Reserve Slots.’ At each occasion, we put aside a sure variety of slots to be used by groups in particular circumstances. Program Supply Companions can use these slots to accommodate groups exterior the usual preferencing system. Typical makes use of of those slots could be for late-registering rookies who really want to play near house, or for Districts doing ‘House Occasion’ registration. This yr, we’ve got one other concern – COVID. For some Regionals, such because the one in Australia, all of the slots are set to order. That is for the very sensible motive that journey out and in of Australia is restricted at the moment. We don’t need open slots accessible within the system that might enable groups exterior the nation to achieve entry when proper now, as a sensible matter, they will be unable to attend. For any occasion with zero open capability, each group who’s assigned that occasion will get placed on the waitlist for sorting later.
The excellent news is the system exhibits you what number of slots can be accessible throughout preferencing. You possibly can see this within the ‘Open Capability’ column in occasions you’re reviewing, as proven under.
So, in the event you see an occasion with zero open capability on this first spherical of preferencing, it means all the occasion is on reserve for a particular function. If you happen to don’t know in case your group could be included as a type of who could be given entry (for instance, Australian groups on the Australia occasion) you possibly can contact FIRST Staff Assist or management within the space of the occasion.
It’s essential to notice that even in the event you choice an occasion with zero capability, in case you have a second (third, fourth, and so forth.) occasion in your choice listing, the system will proceed to verify every occasion for open capability till it finds one, then it is going to slot you in there. If it doesn’t discover any occasions with open capability, the system will waitlist you on the (one) occasion you might have recognized you want to be waitlisted for. Try that Consumer Information for all the small print!