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jill commented on the post, FIRST Team Roster 8 years, 2 months ago
One update from FIRST HQ: If the team member’s name is listed incorrectly on the FIRST team roster, the only way to change the name on the roster is to decline the child and then start over again.
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jill wrote a new post 8 years, 2 months ago
We are getting several questions about the FIRST Team Roster (aka TIMS Roster) as well as several coaches uploading a team list that is not a FIRST team roster.
The coach needs to initiate this process via the […]
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jill wrote a new post 8 years, 2 months ago
When we started the very first team from Fremont in FIRST LEGO League as coaches back in 2002, the qualifier that we had to compete in was in Richmond. By our second year as coaches, we had encouraged/supported 18 […]
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jill wrote a new post 8 years, 3 months ago
This is a work in progress – but given how many questions we have received asking about Early Bird Registration, I wanted to share our current thinking plan.
Same as previous years, there are requirements t […]
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jill added the event FOAMfest San Jose 8 years, 3 months ago
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jill wrote a new post 8 years, 3 months ago
Again for the 2016 season, we are using jotform.com to capture team information. Before starting on the form, please review and collect the information and forms to upload that you will need. Note if the jo […]
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jill wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
FIRST has a database that people can enter their email address to express interest to form a new FLL team. Over half of the current California listing are for people looking in NorCal!
If your team is able t […]
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jill wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
For the past several years, FIRST has organized the Global Innovation Award, presented by XPRIZE (GIA) and offers each FIRST LEGO League region an opportunity to nominate one or more Regional Nominees based on a […]
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jill wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
This is a common question from rookie coaches – particularly those from a non-technical background… How to help the kids learn basic building/programming skills?
As discussed on the FIRST forum under the […]
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jill wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
Playing at Learning has changes in progress on several fronts.
Refresh of all websites – including norcalfll.org, playingatlearning.org. Take a look and provide feedback!
Adding staff! We have 2 open p […] -
jill wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
We are recruiting for an AmeriCorps VISTA to work with Playing At Learning in San Jose / SF Bay Area.
Learn more at http://www.playingatlearning.org/vista/
FIRST HQ is recruiting VISTA Members to dedicate t […]
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jill wrote a new post 9 years ago
We have informal scrimmages today at The Play Space in San Jose – come on by. If your team wants to run a few practice matches on the FLL challenge field, you are welcome. We will be here between 9am and 3pm.
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jill added the event Rookie Team Scrimmage 9 years ago
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jill wrote a new post 9 years ago
If your team missed the deadlines and didn’t complete (or correct) the pre-reqs, I don’t know if your team is interested in competing or not if you don’t contact me. In addition, the situation is a bit dy […]
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jill wrote a new post 9 years, 1 month ago
Since there were quite a few coaches that waited until nearly the 11th hour to review their team status and realize that they needed to fix something, I am still working through the backlog of emails and then […]
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jill wrote a new post 9 years, 1 month ago
Teams that completed their pre-reqs after September 30th are now my focus. I will review teams’ entries based on the latter of the payment or jotform submitted. I will update in the comment section of this a […]
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Ok, shortly after posting this, the green box showed up 🙂 Thanks! Guess since we are showing as Late Registration and Manual Review is in Progress and will be reviewed starting Oct 16th, we will need to wait. Thanks so much! We are excited! 🙂
Paula Q Team Build It 17081 -
An enormous thank you, Jill, for all your hard work! We are a new team from way up North in Redding and are excited to be a part of NorCal FLL this year. You are handling so much and we just want to express our gratitude to you for your amazing effort in doing all this. Thank you!!!
~Team Build It 🙂
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jill wrote a new post 9 years, 1 month ago
NorCal teams,
Mark, using the FIRST TIMS system, sent every NorCal FLL team a very short, quick survey link to fill out a few weeks ago. The survey itself takes just a few minutes to fill out but does req […]
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jill wrote a new post 9 years, 1 month ago
Coaches, Please understand a couple of things:
I am just one person managing all of FLL in Northern California as a volunteer
I work full time at a demanding job (I am a senior technical program manager) […] -
jill wrote a new post 9 years, 1 month ago
The most common questions we received this week is why do we do a 2 step process for tournament registration and why is this so “complicated”.
First, I will address why we have a 2 step process (pre-reqs AND t […]
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One update from FIRST HQ: If the team member’s name is listed incorrectly on the FIRST team roster, the only way to change the name on the roster is to decline the child and then start over again.