NorCalFLL Social | jill | Activity https://social.norcalfll.org/members/jill/activity/ Activity feed for jill. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:39:32 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0fb856028c03c4d6213e869bb8603b7e jill posted an update in the group Peninsula District News: Help needed to borrow about 20 banquet tables (6' or 8' x […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2384/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:23:43 -0700 Help needed to borrow about 20 banquet tables (6′ or 8′ x 30″ rectangular ) and about 20 chairs to support FLL events in Mountain View. Specifically we can add a qualifier, FLL Explore Festival AND spring league events at a vacant Kohl’s owned by the Mountain View school district but need to find affordable use of tables/chairs. It is generally…[Read more]

]]> 0 9e33f5aac2cf40d7ac35914c9636e515 jill posted a new activity comment https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2333/#acomment-2336 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 03:01:57 -0700 Sireesha, Only FLL Challenge coaches / teams come to this site. I can only recommend to start your own team with a few friends of your child’s.

In reply to - Sireesha M posted an update in the group Silicon Valley District News Is there an opening to join FTC team? We are located in San Jose. Please let me know. ]]> 72dfcc6f3bb11cb015f1e13ffcd97656 jill wrote a new post https://social.norcalfll.org/?p=743 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 03:06:38 -0700 Supporting Northern California Youth! Let's get FLL everywhere – starting with your neighbors!One of the ongoing queries that we get is how to help FLL spread – this is particularly true coming from our FTC and FRC teams. In general, if you […]

]]> 1b7e45bd830a23711e6b5cb929f0bf5b jill posted an update in the group Peninsula District News: Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2331/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 20:28:04 -0700 Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in September – Bay Area Maker Faire and Reid Hillview Airport Community Day. Details and sign up at https://form.jotform.com/252136048291959

]]> 0 b9ab3274b5f0e5174a519f53d2e73890 jill posted an update in the group North Bay: Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2330/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 20:27:41 -0700 Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in September – Bay Area Maker Faire and Reid Hillview Airport Community Day. Details and sign up at https://form.jotform.com/252136048291959

]]> 0 66c19c420b8a27f5f4fe2c1c69309e80 jill posted an update in the group Sacramento area: Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2329/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 20:27:29 -0700 Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in September – Bay Area Maker Faire and Reid Hillview Airport Community Day. Details and sign up at https://form.jotform.com/252136048291959

]]> 0 c86b74bda724677bc390a685eb46edac jill posted an update in the group East Bay District News: Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2328/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 20:27:17 -0700 Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in September – Bay Area Maker Faire and Reid Hillview Airport Community Day. Details and sign up at https://form.jotform.com/252136048291959

]]> 0 d03aa91612af831eca86f943655c2dce jill posted an update in the group Tri-Valley: Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2327/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 20:27:04 -0700 Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in September – Bay Area Maker Faire and Reid Hillview Airport Community Day. Details and sign up at https://form.jotform.com/252136048291959

]]> 0 32db4a930c7d3ed70732147424203cb9 jill posted an update in the group Silicon Valley District News: Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2326/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 20:26:48 -0700 Two outreach opportunities for FLL Challenge teams in September – Bay Area Maker Faire and Reid Hillview Airport Community Day. Details and sign up at https://form.jotform.com/252136048291959

]]> 0 6a61cb2353fe72f095adea84f40b6090 jill posted an update in the group Silicon Valley District News: To post to a group, you click in the space just below the […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/2221/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:53:35 -0800 To post to a group, you click in the space just below the “What’s new in ….” line which will open an edit box. Then click Post Update.

]]> 0 c85e6125292ea621251820eef99a94e1 jill wrote a new post https://social.norcalfll.org/?p=669 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 02:09:16 -0700 Welcome to 2023-2024 SuperPowered Season!Some changes afoot! We are moving our Team Management, Event Registration and Volunteer Management processes to use a system called Lumieos. […]

]]> 3cba490c03efbb3f017881f583a8425d jill posted an update in the group Sacramento area: Calling friends of FIRST and Playing At Learning: It is […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1787/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 03:10:15 -0700 Calling friends of FIRST and Playing At Learning:

It is FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival Season and volunteers are needed!

We have 6 (with a possible 7th) NorCal FLL Explore Festivals coming up and all need volunteers!

A couple of wonderful things that are unique about the FIRST LEGO League Explore program:

1. No pre-work / training /…[Read more]

]]> 0 36dfcccb708b1e806818e180629b99f6 jill posted an update in the group Silicon Valley District News: Calling friends of FIRST and Playing At Learning: It is […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1786/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 03:09:22 -0700 Calling friends of FIRST and Playing At Learning:

It is FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival Season and volunteers are needed!

We have 6 (with a possible 7th) NorCal FLL Explore Festivals coming up and all need volunteers!

A couple of wonderful things that are unique about the FIRST LEGO League Explore program:

1. No pre-work / training /…[Read more]

]]> 0 f4e25982bdcae0fe30f9cad51eb6e8ef jill posted an update in the group East Bay District News: Calling friends of FIRST and Playing At Learning: It is […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1785/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 03:09:03 -0700 Calling friends of FIRST and Playing At Learning:

It is FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival Season and volunteers are needed!

We have 6 (with a possible 7th) NorCal FLL Explore Festivals coming up and all need volunteers!

A couple of wonderful things that are unique about the FIRST LEGO League Explore program:

1. No pre-work / training /…[Read more]

]]> 0 dd5f9069108e60ac0f6dc74d5af640a5 jill posted an update: Calling friends of FIRST and Playing At Learning: It is […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1784/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 03:07:06 -0700 Calling friends of FIRST and Playing At Learning:

It is FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival Season and volunteers are needed!

We have 6 (with a possible 7th) NorCal FLL Explore Festivals coming up and all need volunteers!

A couple of wonderful things that are unique about the FIRST LEGO League Explore program:

1. No pre-work / training /…[Read more]

]]> 0 9702dc8aa9a7ae03daf6d0d67e7493b1 jill added the event Test event https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1654/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:33:57 -0700 0 e76c640eb74ab316508c0294de234fd3 jill added the event 2022 FLL SUPERPOWERED SCREAM'MAGE! to Peninsula District News. https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1653/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:20:34 -0700 0 5fe383bd9437c602853fe63f3ba8f961 jill posted an update: Just a note that Kuriosity Robotics is not authorized nor […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1619/ Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:42:33 -0700 Just a note that Kuriosity Robotics is not authorized nor been given permission to use our program name (NorCal FLL) to further their FTC’s team activities. We have removed their posts as well as sent them email with additional information. We love that they are offering to help teams. We don’t want them causing confusion by using our…[Read more]

]]> 0 d863b3a6ad8e06ea4f1258aaed734243 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=552 Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:15:09 -0800 A few folks have emailed us suggesting different options for how to manage our registration process.    For the past couple of years, our website has gone down due to what we believe is a combination of a bit o […]

]]> fd87ac29e3f9c323990ebf5a31d1019d jill posted an update: Seeking FIRST LEGO League Challenge team to help promote FUN […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1403/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 23:09:49 -0800 Seeking FIRST LEGO League Challenge team to help promote FUN and help our NorCal FLL Explore teams learn about FLL Challenge. Need a team of at least 2 students + 1 adult for a Saturday Feb-5 FLL Explore Festival on Hopin for ~30 minutes starting at 2:15pm. If you can help or can help recruit someone, signs up are being handled via…[Read more]

]]> 0 eb397b74f74d635da03bc2622a0161ee jill wrote a new post https://social.norcalfll.org/?p=539 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 23:33:34 -0800 This 2021-2022 Cargo Connect season, we will have 2 Seasons – a competitive, Advancement league in January/February AND a non-competitive, Recreational league in April/May.

There are 2 main differences:

In […]

]]> 0db437fd834dd5ec01db7bccf8ae887a jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=501 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 05:10:16 -0700 Several 2019/2020 City Shaper scrimmages have been organized – see Local Events page for details.

]]> 5fa41e0babc28025321a9ae9f0b7d1a0 jill posted an update in the group Silicon Valley District News: Come help sort FIRST LEGO League Challenge kits. Saturday […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1187/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:17:37 -0700 Come help sort FIRST LEGO League Challenge kits.

Saturday 4/6 at The Play Space,  2215 Oakland Road, Suite B San Jose

Come spend 30 minutes, an hour or more between 9:30am – 2pm

Jill   jillw@playingatlearning.org

]]> 0 354d261c9e04260401e891b6735154d5 jill added the event Challenge Kit Sorting - Saturday https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/1186/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:16:31 -0700 0 64489e3a6da77d1c595d44911bdc2655 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=384 Sun, 24 Sep 2017 03:45:35 -0700 We are interested in your viewpoint on this.

We spend a lot of time looking at the district definitions, where teams are popping up and then we work to get tournaments close to the teams as much as […]

]]> d6a163a5756c2cbe216541e07c113678 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=377 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:48:42 -0700  

 

We are excited to announce changes for Playing At Learning.

We have added several amazing members to our Board of Directors!   Learn more
FIRST HQ has assigned a FIRST AmeriCorps VISTA, Ja […]

]]> f06430f17ec09223b1491c50590576a9 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=368 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 20:22:08 -0800 Posted with permission.

]]> 0617abb18bc86cca87d69892acaab03c jill posted an update in the group Peninsula District News: @ravi-bhatt, Is there an email address that you would like […] https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/936/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:47:10 -0800 @ravi-bhatt, Is there an email address that you would like coaches/teams to contact you through or should they respond just on the social group?

]]> 1 a00487a04aa6be50135f88dee8ebf7e9 jill posted a new activity comment https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/637/#acomment-878 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 01:46:51 -0700 Didn’t see this question previously. There are 2 ways : when you immediately register a confirmation page is shown letting you know exactly which tournament you have been accepted into. Alternatively, you can reload the team’s status which will also have the tournament listed.

In reply to - Lindon Richards posted an update @jjo95117 Where can I get confirmation that I have successfully registered for a local QT ? ]]> f06f6b3e165ac93829072f8f3fe82728 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=351 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 04:12:43 -0700 One of the big changes that we did in NorCal for this season was to pilot a process for registering into a tournament way earlier than previous years.  The initial view from my side of the process is that this w […]

]]> 4733fd0233fa0edcbb570769024f9561 jill posted a new activity comment http://social.norcalfll.org/2016/09/15/first-team-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:05:55 -0700 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.

In reply to - jill wrote a new post 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 […] ]]> 04419598ed073d42a250b076c8f81b73 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=319 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 22:33:55 -0700 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 […]

]]> 6e842cc6a73e7a8796fa91587f495656 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=314 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 18:34:21 -0700 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 […]

]]> 7aca64c81442acd4cb2b00052950d437 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=299 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 22:59:42 -0700 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 […]

]]> d8deafdd645482e89abf3461938180d7 jill added the event FOAMfest San Jose https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/482/ Fri, 12 Aug 2016 21:31:22 -0700 0 1772dc3ca5ca2ee61b754d25608df211 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=284 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 00:46:44 -0700 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 […]

]]> 3b8cae79229aaa7054201b0ba851da74 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=277 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:33:54 -0700 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 […]

]]> 204ac6238dd0ce0eb3b2cfabf9a26940 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=271 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 23:47:30 -0700 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 […]

]]> 8285940996ced211481ef37f0798ebec jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=266 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 22:04:25 -0700 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 […]

]]> 6fd25e4ea674d832bfa4fccd7aa419c3 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=263 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:12:53 -0700 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 […]

]]> 914d25ad052bb0c5acd029388245f5ad jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=261 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:41:54 -0700 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 […]

]]> 5791016bb923e877f10aae474af4c06d jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=233 Sun, 01 Nov 2015 17:02:08 -0800 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.

 

]]> 2ab53ce1f2e05602463258a0eade55d8 jill added the event Rookie Team Scrimmage https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/296/ Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:56:47 -0700 0 3f286f79950dd593969bbc7627a94b70 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=228 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:48:52 -0700 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 […]

]]> c7f10fbdc26fe1b2297504b5ed4bdedd jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=222 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 04:27:21 -0700 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 […]

]]> 76837e2b3cf139cf04d10c791f5790b9 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=203 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 01:09:34 -0700 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 […]

]]> 9ea7fc84b6d2078cea0a8e05870227a2 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=200 Sat, 10 Oct 2015 17:35:49 -0700 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 […]

]]> 9240b66916e5b48b16288a89382959a8 jill added the event Nov1st Scrimmage - For diverse, experienced teams https://social.norcalfll.org/activity/p/258/ Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:52:41 -0700 0 84df596b1e2d6fa3eba98d78694d0177 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=194 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 01:45:49 -0700 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) […]

]]> 68908eb3436c0c1c06388f2fc3b1f3c9 jill wrote a new post http://social.norcalfll.org/?p=186 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:24:14 -0700 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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