{"id":5784,"date":"2024-09-24T06:27:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2024-09-25T09:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:01:53","slug":"9-24-24-2025-frc-event-registration-home-events-mde-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/2024\/09\/24\/9-24-24-2025-frc-event-registration-home-events-mde-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"9.24.24 &#8211; 2025 FRC Event Registration,  Home Events,  MDE Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>SEPT 24, 2024 &#8211; TOPICS COVERED<\/b><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registering for FRC Vs. All other FIRST Programs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FRC Event Selection Process (Called Event Preferencing)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option to Opt Out of Certain Totes\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select a Kickoff While Preferencing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MDE Funds from the 2023-24 Season Must be Spent by Sept 30<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>REGISTERING FOR FRC VS ALL OTHER FIRST PROGRAMS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This email addresses event registration for FRC teams only:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FRC teams use their <a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com\/2DLIirBFgpH99oMZ1Cksz4E4Ul9NbecMX22YBFyMCkJyonhpigwERqzo8aeskN5j0MtwSstHvgcwsoNEhNucAj8iwavcHVjuypg2u2lbL4NPXYEaDfHh-q4JBh5cZOdabk9496X7-eBTfG5bgb-_Y81JCIs3RkyaYEVG19o6prdDv_XA2Mfdh4VovNw\">firstinspires.org<\/a> dashboard to register for events. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FTC and all FLL programs register for events with their local Michigan Program Directors:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FTC:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Tammy@firstinmichigan.org\">Tammy@firstinmichigan.org <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 FTC event registration opens on Oct 1<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FLL Explore and Challenge: \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Angela@firstinmichigan.org\">Angela@firstinmichigan.org <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0FLL event registration opens on Oct 9<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FLL Discover:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Heidi@firstinmichigan.org\">Heidi@firstinmichigan.org <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>FRC EVENT SELECTION PROCESS (\u201cEVENT PREFERENCING\u201d) <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ff0000;\">Opens Thurs\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>No FRC teams are registered for ANY events yet, not even their HOME EVENT.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Teams sign up for their two events separately, one event through Round 1 and the other through Round 2 Event Preferencing. You are not registered for your home event until you choose it during Round 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>HOME EVENT INFO<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>WHAT IS YOUR \u201cHOME EVENT?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s the computer generated event that is geographically closest to you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are not automatically registered for your home event.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want it, we guarantee you a spot there, but only if you choose it during Round 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Find your home event <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSPvnhJuqhSs03jzgMDB0A2NLd7C_ayRkkiOS-o8SOI9vWHJc5Y9n5Qa9NdBPvM9lUOnFCEPJloFgSM\/pubhtml?gid=431625069&amp;single=true\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR HOME EVENT.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t want it, just preference a different event.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But remember, if you don\u2019t use it in Round 1, you lose it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>HOW TO REGISTER FOR YOUR HOME EVENT IF YOU WANT IT<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put <\/span><b>ONLY<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your home event on your Round 1 list. You will get it automatically.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>If Kettering is your home event and you want it:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kettering home teams can choose Kettering 1 or 2. Again, put only Kettering (either 1 or 2), no other events. When they run the computer, you will be waitlisted for Kettering first, then manually moved into your Kettering choice later that day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t choose your home event during Round 1, you can still choose that event in Round 2, but you are no longer guaranteed a spot there.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>EVENT<\/strong><b> PREFERENCING SCHEDULE \/ DATES:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>ROUND 1<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The one-week window to submit your event choice list opens Thursday, Sept 26 (this Thursday)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s open for one week. Submit anytime during the week. Submitting early gives you NO advantage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The one week preferencing window closes Thursday, Oct 3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The computer runs on Friday, Oct 4. All teams that submitted a list will either be registered or waitlisted.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIRST destroys your event preference list after registering or waitlisting you in your first event. You must submit a whole new list for Round 2.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to change the event you got, email me with our request. Be sure to include your team number, what you want to change out of, and what you want to change into.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>ROUND 2<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The one-week window to submit your Round 2 event choice list opens Thursday, October 10.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The one-week window to submit your list closes Thursday, Oct 17. Again, submit anytime during the week. Submitting early gives you NO advantage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to change either of your events after Round 2, you can do it yourself if the new event has open spots, or you can join the waitlist, or you can contact me.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>MUST BE \u201cEVENT READY\u201d TO PARTICIPATE IN ROUND 1 OR 2\u00a0 <\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Your team profile must be updated<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Both Lead 1 and Lead 2 must have:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passed the Youth Protecti<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Screening <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acknowledged and submitted the Consent\/Release Form in your dashboard\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>PAY LATER- NO MONEY NEEDED TO REGISTER<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment is separate from registering.\u00a0 Your payment is not due until Nov 12, 2024 at 5:00 pm\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But all MDE funds from last year must be expended by Sept 30! More about that in the MDE section below.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>STEPS TO REGISTER \/ PREFERENCE<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log into the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com\/2Ro9KTyi8xRPMbfr7uMEMtlvE3_dwmnG-i4odjxkLMeuwnhpigwGgdtSjV7Hphl4oEOGEbV5288d7xjLWLSNUltVBpMCjwIy_yiVog8Xiet4ipKLKqLTB_eFRTScSzfQiHdRd2sHpgfIXwB-4DXbDFAU2aTJJIkJ7_KAX7N6uk5nZRjRpPnjHfPQ\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIRST<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dashboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to <\/span><b>Event Options<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>View Team Events<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Add Preference<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Event(s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home Event spot is guaranteed during round 1 only, so no need to add more if you are choosing your home event.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Add Preference<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can preference as many events as you like. (Select the events you would like for your first event \u2013 only enter ones you can attend).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can change the preference level selection by changing the number in the drop-down menu or by dragging and dropping events into the order you would like.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your first event preference will always default to \u201cAllow Waitlist\u201d. You can change this by selecting a different waitlist event in the drop down menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>HOW THE COMPUTER DETERMINES WHO GETS WHAT EVENT<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Every team is assigned a lottery number randomly.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For first-event preferencing, the computer runs the lottery starting with lottery number one.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During second-event preferencing, the computer runs in the opposite order with the highest lottery number going first.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Round 1 only:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The computer\u2019s first pass is to assign all home events. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The computer skips this step in Round 2 since there are no home events in Round 2.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Going down your list<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the computer gets to your team, it looks at your preference list. If your number one event has open spots, you get a spot. If there are no open spots (because it\u2019s full or has all the spots reserved) it moves to your second event and so on down the list until it finds an event with open spots.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it gets to the end of your list, and isn&#8217;t able to find an open spot, then it puts you on the waitlist for either the first event on your list (default), or the one you tell it to waitlist you for.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why we suggest that if you feel strongly about a certain event, put only that event on your list, especially in Round 1. It will force the computer to put you on the waitlist if there isn\u2019t an open spot.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>ALL MICHIGAN TEAMS WILL GET TWO EVENTS<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0All teams will eventually be registered for 2 events, even if it means adding additional events to the roster.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hold back up to 10 rookie spots at each event initially to be able to give rookies their home events.\u00a0 <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don\u2019t know yet where they will be located.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we do know is that we will never use that many rookie spots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we have a better feel for how many of the reserved spots we actually need at each event for rookies, we start releasing the spots we won\u2019t need. The spots are then filled in the order of the waitlist.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>OPTIONS TO OPT OUT OF CERTAIN TOTES TEAMS RECEIVE AT KICKOFF<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All teams will receive a &#8220;Season Specifics,&#8221; tote regardless of what they \u201copt out\u201d of below. If you don\u2019t specifically opt out of either tote below, the default is to provide it to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>DRIVE BASE OPT OUT <\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ff0000;\">closes on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 12:00pm (noon) Eastern Time<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only Veteran teams can choose not to receive the standard drive base and instead get a $450 Voucher to AndyMark (available when other pre-Kickoff vouchers are released in November).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drive base kit is designed to allow a team to execute basic elements of 2025 game play and can be assembled by a small team in about six hours or less.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most teams building a robot that uses \u201cswerve drive\u201d opt out of the drive base<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To opt out of the drive base:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the \u201cDrive Base Opt Out\u201d from the \u201cTeam Options\u201d under the \u201cParts and Products\u201d drop down.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>BLACK TOTE OPT OUT<\/b> <b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ff0000;\">closes on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 12:00pm (noon) Eastern Time<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tote was formerly known as the \u201cEveryone Tote.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veteran teams only can choose not to receive the black tote and instead get two vouchers:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$125 AndyMark Voucher<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$125 Rev Robotic Voucher<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>MORE INFO ON THE DRIVE BASE AND BLACK TOTE<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\/kit-opt-out-opens\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\/kit-opt-out-opens<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>SELECT A KICKOFF WHILE IN YOUR DASHBOARD FOR EVENT PREFERENCING-\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ff0000;\">(OPENS September 26, 2024 Noon ET &#8211; November 12, 2024 Noon ET)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in your dashboard, be sure to go to Kit and Kickoff under Event Options to select which kickoff you would like to attend to pick up your kickoff kit.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/resource_library\/frc\/events\/kickoff\/frc_kickoff_instructions.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step-by-step Kickoff Instructions with screenshots<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teams that don\u2019t want to attend a kickoff have the option of paying an additional shipping fee (see chart below) to have the kit shipped directly to them.\u00a0 <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The kit will not be available at kickoff. It will arrive later. The delivery date is not guaranteed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>2023-24 MDE FUNDS MUST BE SPENT BY SEPT 30, 2024<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you still have funds left from the State from last season, you must spend them by September 30.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use what\u2019s left to pay your pending $6,000 registration fee for this season.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply go into your dashboard and print a Quote or Proforma Invoice and submit to your school for payment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your school won\u2019t accept either of these, call me quickly.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>2024-25 MDE GRANT WILL OPEN OCT 1, 2024<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are in the School Aid Budget this year again\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 99h line item is $1.7 million less than last year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will open Oct 1 and close Dec 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find the grant in NexSys under 99h in the list.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is open to both public and private schools, charters, PSA\u2019s and ISD teams.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0There will be a Webinar hosted by the MDE shortly after the grant opens.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It hasn\u2019t been scheduled just yet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>MORE TO COME ON THE MDE GRANT SOON.<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Regards,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gail Alpert<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President, FIRST in Michigan<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">248-425-4148<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gail@firstinmichigan.org<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEPT 24, 2024 &#8211; TOPICS COVERED Registering for FRC Vs. All other FIRST Programs FRC Event Selection Process (Called Event Preferencing) Option to Opt Out of Certain Totes\u00a0 Select a Kickoff While Preferencing MDE Funds from the 2023-24 Season Must be Spent by Sept 30 REGISTERING FOR FRC VS ALL OTHER FIRST PROGRAMS This email addresses event registration for FRC teams only: FRC teams use their firstinspires.org dashboard to register for events. FTC and all FLL programs register for events with their local Michigan Program Directors: FTC:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/2024\/09\/24\/9-24-24-2025-frc-event-registration-home-events-mde-grant\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-ericsavage","4":"post-5784","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5823,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions\/5823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}