If your team has “Not Event Ready” in the “HQ Event Ready” column, please review the following items for completion:

• Team has both a Lead Coach/Mentor 1 and 2 listed on the Team Dashboard.
• Both Lead Coach/Mentor 1 and 2 have electronically signed their FIRST HQ Consent/Release form (indicated on the individual’s FIRST Account).
• Both Lead Coach/Mentor 1 and 2 have completed the FIRST Youth Protection background screening (indicated on the individual’s FIRST Account).

FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release Form:

• The FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release form is a separate and additional form from the FIRST HQ Consent/Release form.
• All team participants (Lead Coach/Mentor 1 and 2 and team members) must have an electronically signed FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release Form on file before their event date. This is in addition to the FIRST HQ Consent/Release Form.
  • English version: FIRST in Michigan Consent and Release Form
  • Spanish version: FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release Form (Spanish)

To check on the status of your team’s FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release forms:

• • Enter your team number in the “Search” box.
  • Click on the “+” sign to expand the information for your team.
    • The listed entries indicate the individual for whom a FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release form has been received.
      • Display name = Program+First Name+First Initial of Last Name.
      • The table shows a maximum of 17 display names. If your team participant count exceeds this number, email your program partner to obtain a full list of team display names.
  • If a team participant believes they have submitted a FiM Consent/Release Form and their display name doesn’t show up under your team number, it could be due to a transposition of numbers or inclusion of text in the team number field when the participant filled out the form.

For teams competing in ULTIMATE GOAL remote events:

• The “display name” field will be used by the team member to gain entry into the team’s virtual judging session on Zoom.
  • Reminder that FTC team size is capped at 15 team members.
• Each team may have one mentor participate as a silent observer to the team’s judging interviews. That mentor must also have a signed FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release form on file.

Team Participant Roster for ULTIMATE GOAL remote events:

• Team Participant Roster Template: Google Sheet; download to customize.
• Teams are required fill out and send their event’s Event Coordinator a “Team Participant Roster” by Wednesday, 8pm of their remote event week.
• The team roster with corresponding display names is the “ticket” for team participants to gain entry into the team’s virtual judging session. This check-and-balance is in place to protect our youth team members without sharing personal identification information.
• Each participant’s “display name” listed on the roster must also appear in the team’s entry on the table below. This provides the cross-reference that the team participant has a signed FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release form on file.
• Team participants that do not have a FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release form on file and thus do not appear in the table below, will not be admitted into the team’s virtual judging sessions.
  • Teams are limited to one mentor participant, as a silent observer, to the team’s judging interviews regardless of how many have FIRST in Michigan Consent/Release forms on file.