FIRST Lego League needs volunteers starting this weekend and through December plus an event in January. Any of you could be a judge or referee. Can you help? FIRST is great for encouraging kids to be interested in robotics and technology. ~Elise FIRST Lego League (FLL) develops critical skills in science and technology in a super-charged learning atmosphere. The competition involves teams of students, ages 9 to 14. This year, more than 9,200 teams from 45 countries will be inspired to learn more about NanoTechnology (this year's theme). The teams design, build, program and test an autonomous Lego Mindstorms robot engineered to solve 9 challenges that relate to real world problems developed by experts in NanoTechnology. In addition, the teams learn about and create an innovative project solution that focuses on issues relevant to Nanotechnology. Students acquire skills such as problem solving, project management, critical thinking and teamwork: skills necessary to their future and the future of society. <http://www.playingatlearning.org/FLL/volunteer.html> http://www.playingatlearning.org/FLL/volunteer.html It is time to kick-of the new FIRST Lego League season! We would like to thank past volunteers for all their help at past FLL tournaments in 2005 and we are asking for support again this year. We are recruiting volunteers for 6 specific tournaments in Dec and for the Northern California Championship Tournament to be held in San Jose on January 20, 2007. Specifically we are trying to fill the judges and referee openings, as well as, key volunteer positions at this time for the following tournaments:
Tournaments & Locations Date San Jose - Northern California Championship Tournament Saturday 1/20/07 Fremont - Mission San Jose HS Qualifying Tournament Saturday 12/02/06 Richmond - DeAnza HS Qualifying Tournament Saturday 12/09/06 Hillsborough - Nueva School Qualifying Tournament Sunday 12/10/06 San Jose - Valley Christian HS Qualifying Tournament Saturday 12/16/06 San Francisco - Randall Museum Qualifying Tournament Sunday 12/17/06 If you are able to help us this coming FLL season, please contact me, Felicita Saiez, at <http://us.f310.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ing.org> [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Please let me know if you are either a coach, co-coach or a parent of any FLL team/member and the team name and school. If you are interested in helping at any of the tournaments, please let us know and we will forward your email to the correct volunteer coordinator! Also, if you know of any one else interesting in volunteering for these or other volunteer positions, please look at the volunteer descriptions page at: <http://www.playingatlearning.org/FLL/volunteer.html> http://www.playingatlearning.org/FLL/volunteer.html Again, to volunteer, please contact: <http://us.f310.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ing.org> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for all your support of FLL and [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...Felicita, Jill and Mark ------------ More details: Description of the event: Volunteers are needed to enable 250 Northern California Lego Robotics teams to compete at one of the FIRST LEGO League tournaments. Each event requires many volunteers with a broad spectrum of talents to support teams, volunteers, audience members and competition demands. We cannot hold the competitions without volunteers. A variety of volunteer positions are available both technical and non-technical. Many positions are available for those with no prior experience with a robotics competitions. Description of the volunteer duties: Some volunteer positions, like a judge, require the ability to sit for long periods of time. Some volunteer positions, like referee, require the ability to stand for long periods of time. Many of the general volunteer positions can be half day or shared with other volunteers. A limited number of volunteer positions can be done by mature youth volunteers. Also, there is a need for pre-event setup [day before] and post-event clean up [late in the day of the event]. A full list of volunteer positions and events is at: http://www.playingatlearning.org/FLL/volunteer.html <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=45083/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/m ailbeta>
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