It's FIRST Tech Challenge Oregon  League and Qualifying Tournament Week #2! 

SOAR! - Columbia Basin! - Silicon Forest! 

TOURNAMENT LEARNING and PREPARATION 
We had a great time at the Central Oregon League Tournament! An exciting day of action as we kicked off our tournament season. 

As with all first events of the season, we learned a bunch.  Here is a short list: 

• Bring a hard copy of your Engineering Notebook ready to surrender at Team Check-in upon your arrival at the venue.  This means hand it in when you hand in the Team Roster/Consent Forms. 
• You must have your Team # and Team Name on the front cover or else the judges have no obligation to read it. 
• Work on your Engineering Notebooks to be sure they are in complete and in compliance. Your team's ability to win an award depends on it. 
• Engineering Notebook Guidelines
• Engineering Notebook Self-Assessment: PDF | Word
• Engineering Notebook Examples: 
•  Team 365 (.zip)  / Team #4250 (.zip) 
•  Team #5037 (.zip) | Team 6134 (.zip)
• Engineering Notebooks are required for EVERY TOURNAMENT, keep improving on yours. 
• Here is the long list for Tournament Prep 

EVENT RESULTS!

• Pre-Tournament League Rankings for your events - we are missing a few but they will be posted tonight.  These are your best 10 matches and will be the rankings at the beginning of the League Tournaments. 
• Central Oregon League Tournament - Jan 13 - Result Folder - Awards-Advancements-Rankings-Matches 
• Information about Super-Qualifiers coming in the next blog 

VOLUNTEERISM

• Our thanks to all of the FIRST Tech Challenge Teams who volunteered at FIRST LEGO League Tournaments this season. You're willingness to share your FIRST experience with others and help make events happen is Gracious and Professional! 
• Our own FTC Events - We are in need of volunteers for our own events! 
• FIRST Tech Challenge Oregon Volunteer Page 
• Gresham QT - 1/27  and OSU - 1/27 &1/28 
• Needs logistics volunteer (pit, door/field queuer, timekeepers - can be teens) 
• Need Inspectors! Must be an adult 
• any teams that want to be be Technical Assistants and help teams in the pit at Non-League Events, contact Cathy. 
• If you have FTC Alum attending Oregon State University, let them know about the events on Jan27 & Jan 28. Encourage them to volunteer. We have Alumni patches for them. 
• Please note: Judges and Referees cannot be associated with any FTC team currently competing in this season. Even if the team is not competing at the event the person wants to volunteer at. 
• Applications to be a Super-Qualfier Host are being accepted until Jan 19.