FIRST in Michigan FTC 1st Round Event Registration will open tomorrow: Thursday, October 7, at 7:00AM. This is a date change (originally today) from what was previously announced.

The FIRST in Michigan Fall (traditional) season event list can be found at this link: https://firstinmichigan.us/FTC/events/.

Note that the Kentwood FTC Qualifier has moved to November 6.

Home event pre-assignments can be viewed at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSuTyrZFOiCn6I2Xzy0YIYiymYNWsnnly_6BghxD6tkf4L7GqI9ltEyiM2znaoaTT-3sMiRuMrVygoI/pubhtml?gid=110200724&single=true.

Teams have been pre-assigned to their nearest “home” qualifier based on travel distance parameters and event capacity.  For some events, the number of area teams exceeded the number of available event slots so the assignment was made to the next closest event and so on, as space allowed. League teams have been placed in their affiliated League Tournament as their 1st round event assignment.

If your team is not listed or the team’s pre-assigned home event looks to be really far away (many hours), let me know via email at tammy@firstinmichigan.org. I use an algorithm based on the latitude/longitude of the event and the team’s affiliated entity to determine placement. Please include your team number in the subject line of all emails.

Some events are overbooked and others underbooked per the Home Event Pre-assignment List. This is by design. Some later events purposefully have open slots so that incoming rookie teams have a place to play.

Use this link to access the FiM FTC 1st Round Event Registration Form (link). It will open at 7:00AM on Wednesday, Oct. 7. It is also linked to the FiM FTC Events site page as well as the Event Registration Process page.

• This email has gone to the Team Administrator and Lead Coach/Mentor 1 and 2 for each team. Please submit ONE 1st Round Event Registration form per team.
• A team has a choice to either “keep” their pre-assigned home event spot OR choose to provide alternative 1st round event preferences via the “change” option. A form is required from each team regardless of the choice.
• Form entries are date and time stamped upon submission. Opt out (Change Home Event) submissions are processed in a date/timestamp order after Home Event opt-ins (Keep Home Event) are processed.  Quick submissions are recommended!
• If choosing to “change” your team’s 1st round event from the event the team was pre-assigned, be prepared to provide up to 5 ranked alternative preferences. Note that these are preferences and not a guarantee that your team will be placed in one of their preferred events.
• If a team is choosing to “change” their pre-assigned home event and the team’s provided ranked preference(s) are full when the form is processed, the team will get placed in their home event by default.
• OCCRA and South-Central FTC League teams will automatically be placed in their respective FTC League Tournament event for the 1st Round FiM FTC Event Registration. Those teams should choose to “keep” their pre-assigned league tournament event.
• Note that the event list options might not resolve well on small screens i.e. phones, as that section is long/wide.
• You will be able to choose to be emailed your form responses at the end of the form. You must choose this option for it to occur. Some email handlers do not handle this feature well.
• Reminder that FTC teams do not see their confirmed event placements on their Team Dashboard. Confirmed event placements will be posted on the MI FTC Team List.
• Any questions, email tammy@firstinmichigan.org.