FIRST Tech Challenge Registration and Event Status 

Dear FIRST Tech Challenge Community:
Thank you for your patience through the national registration and event sign-up process.

Many of you have contacted me wishing to know several points of information.
1. Is our team's national registration showing as paid? 
2. Did ORTOP receive our team's Event Signup form? 
3. To which event is our team assigned?  - This will be announced after the sign-ups close.
4. When are the deadlines? Monday, October 17th for League and Tuesday, November 1 for non-league  

I have answers for #1 and #2.

Please click and consult the  FIRST Tech Challenge Oregon Registration and Events Status table I prepared this morning, Monday, October 17th. The information is current as of 10:00 am.  It does not update automatically to reflect additional national registrations or event sign ups submitted after that time. I must to that task daily by manually changing the spreadsheet.

 I've represented team status as to national registration and Event Sign-up in text/colors in Column B.

• No Color - National Registration Paid and Event Sign up received. YAY!! 
• Bright Yellow - National Registration Paid but Event Signup has NOT been submitted
• Peach - 2015 Team - Did not re-register for 2016 season,  Event Signup Not Submitted, has not contacted ORTOP to say team will not be participating - please do this.  
• Goldenrod - National Registration is NOT PAID but event signup submitted 

Please consult the table and check your team numbers to see your status. 
Other Registration and Event Information

• Event Signup Deadlines: Monday, October 17th for League and Tuesday, November 1 for non-league  
• For links for National Registration Sign-up and Event Sign-up - CLICK HERE  
• For Event Payment Information - Click here - Please begin the process of payment at the same time you complete your event sign-up form. I'll add a event payment column once we have event sign-ups closed. 

League Signups - As of 10:00 am, Monday, October 17th

League	Number of teams signed up	STATUS
Beaverton League - Conestoga Park & Rec	17	CLOSED (5 teams will be assigned to Hillsboro)
Capitol League - Sprague HS	9	Room for 3 more teams
Central Oregon League - Bend- 3 locations	10	Room for 2 more teams
Columbia Basin - Pendleton Conv Ctr. (2 Leagues)	26	CLOSED
Hillsboro - Hillsboro HS (2 leagues)	18	Room for 1 more team
Mid-Columbia- Hood River HS	15	CLOSED
Mid-Western - Junction City HS	11	Room for 1 more team
Portland - Eastside - Madison HS	8	Room for 4 more teams

Southern Oregon Coast                                  2                Room for 10 more teams 
SOAR                                                       11                 Room for 1 - 4 more teams 

 Non League Event Sign-up - Qualifying Tournaments 

• OSU - Saturday, Jan 28 - CLOSED - some teams will be assigned to Sunday
• OSU - Sunday, Jan 29 - OPEN 
• Hood River, Sunday, Jan 22 - CLOSED

It appears demand for non-league QT events is stronger than last season. ORTOP is looking for a venue and Team Tournament Host  in the Greater Portland area to hold a non-league QT on January 21st. Contact Cathy if your school has a gym/cafeteria, or auditorium/cafeteria, large commons area that is available. 
OTHER NEWS: BENSON BotFest  for October 29th  - Sign up COMING SOON! 

Regards,
Cathy Swider