Update on Queens Registration: So far 22 teams for Jan. 26, 2013 Qualifier

From Tournament Director Peter Zanthus:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDJib0QzYmxtOE5USlBZYlVuZWkzdWc6MQ

Please do not hesitate to register because you can not mail out the check today.  Just click the box that says "payment will be sent"   It would be helpful to get all of the teams registered as soon as possible.  Note: your registration will not be complete until the check is received.

Note: You must participate in a qualifier in order to be eligible to compete in the citywide tournament at the Javits Center on Saturday March 9 (note the change from Sunday March 10).

Peter Xanthus via googlegroups.com	9:42 AM (10 minutes ago)
to fll-queens-rob.

Ok... So far we have 22 teams registered (Thank you all!!)  and 6 paid out of 35.  Please help to make the process of organizing and planning such an event easier by registering your teams and getting those checks out.  Registration is very easy and takes no time at all, just follow the link from the previous message on the message board and get that done.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation


 REGISTERED                                                                     PAID
1.   #  3542   Cambria Warbots                       

                              NO
2.   #  2713   Ryan Lions                                                              Yes
3.   #  1990   Mission Masters 2                                                    NO
4.   #  1979   Mission Masters 1                                                    NO
5.   #  13309  Bleeker Stars                                                          Yes
6.   #  519     Dragonbotz                                                              Yes
7.   #  5086   NYCutyzens                                                             Yes
8.   #  13469  RoboBeta                                                                Yes
9.   #  1231   TopGearz                                                                  NO
10.  #  14753  Anonymous Builders                                                 NO
11.  #  1233    SuperBotz                                                               NO
12.  #  2707    TNTBulldogs                                                            NO
13.  #  5565    Legomaniacs                                                           NO
14.  #  14859  Robosapien                                                             NO
15.  #  4095    Mindstorm Mechanics                                              NO
16.  #  4096    Planetary Forces                                                     NO
17.  #  4097    Robo Squad                                                            NO
18.  #  3515    Slaughterbots                                                         Yes
19.  #  5027    PandaBots                                                              NO
20.  #  4094    Gear Masters                                                          NO
21.  #  3542    Warbots                                                                  NO
22.  #  1403    Top Bots                                                                 NO

NYCFLL Staten Island Qualifier Registration for Feb. 2, 2013

Staten Island: Francesco Portelos

Dear coaches,

I hope all is going well and your teams are doing well. I don't have to tell you, but their experiences now, up to the SI qualifier and Javitz competition, outweigh the actual tournament results.

We are confirmed for February 2nd 2013 (Groundhogs Day) at the Michael J. Petrides complex. Please see info below and feel free to contact me with any questions.

There is a $50 registration fee per team.

Made out to: NYU-Poly/FIRST

Attn: Susan Hermon

6 Metrotech Center

Brooklyn NY 11201

You can use this form to register and pay as well:

http://www.poly.edu/node/4405

FLL Update: Nov. 15, 2012 - NOTE NEW JAVITS DATE - SATURDAY MARCH 9th

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o   The date for Javits has changed from Sunday March 10^th to Saturday March 9^th. No events on Sunday other than the Bronx tournament on Sunday, Jan. 27.

NOTE- Due to storm damage I do not have power and have difficulty updating the info here -- email me directly and I will direct your question.

·      Team registration:

o   Currently 177 registered teams, 1 unpaid

§  Bronx            22 teams, 1 unpaid

§  Brooklyn      52 teams

§  Queens            35 teams

§  Manhattan      47 teams

§  Staten Island      21 teams

There are 31 rookie teams (0-1yrs)

9 semi-rookies (1-2yrs)

·      Borough qualifiers:

o   Borough Registration Fee:

§  Decided to raise registration fees from $40 to $50, 

 

if you have multiple teams you pay the $50(each) for all teams

o   Status:

§  Brooklyn:

·      1/12/13 @ NYU-Poly 8am-4pm, volunteers arrive at 7am

·      Registration will open in Nov.

§  Queens:

·      1/26/13 @ George Ryan Middle School 9am-4pm, volunteers arrive at 8am

§  Bronx:

·     date has been changed from 1/26 to Sunday 1/27/13

·      The issue was that the room was double booked so they just moved our date which was fine because we really needed the original hall they booked

§  Staten Island:

·     Francesco has secured Petrides HS on Feb. 2^nd!!      

§  Manhattan:

·      1/19/13 @ CCNY 8:30am-4pm, volunteers arrive at 7am

·      picked up their playing fields (13)

·      Jr.FLL:

o   29 registered teams as of 11/7/12, no Bronx teams

o   May have to have 2 expos pending on the size; one at CCNY and the other at Poly

o   Expo 2/10/13  from 10am-1pm volunteers arrive at 9am note: at NYU-Poly

o   2^nd expo open to NYC teams only at CCNY on 1/19 need to confirm there is space

FLL Update: Oct. 18, 2012

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·      Team registration:

o   Currently 178 registered teams, 5 unpaid

§  Bronx              20 teams, 2 unpaid

§  Brooklyn         52 teams, 1 unpaid

§  Queens            35 teams, 1 unpaid

§  Manhattan      50 teams, 1 unpaid

§  Staten Island   21 teams

·      Borough qualifiers:

o   Borough Registration Fee: May be raised from $40 to $60,

o   Status:

§  Brooklyn:

·      1/12/13 @ NYU-Poly 8am-4pm, volunteers arrive at 7am

·      Registration will open in Nov.

§  Queens:

·      1/26/13 @ George Ryan Middle School 9am-4pm, volunteers arrive at 8am

§  Bronx:

·      Bronx Qualifier will officially be at Fordham University on Sat. Jan. 26^th 9am-4pm.

§  Staten Island:

·      Francesco Portelos is our current event organizer, with assistance from the committee

§  Manhattan:

·      1/19/13 @ CCNY 8:30am-4pm, volunteers arrive at 7am

·      Jr.FLL:

o   28 registered teams as of 10/9/12

o   May have to have 2 expos pending on the size; one at CCNY and the other at Poly

o   Expo 2/10/13  from 10am-1pm volunteers arrive at 9am note: at NYU-Poly

o   Do not want any of the expos to exceed over 25 teams

NYC Teams as of Sept. 28, 2012

Team#	School Number
382	PS 15K
519	Brics-2-Bots
533	MS 67Q
671	St. Edmunds Elementary School
883	PS 76X The Bennington School
926	IS 24 SI
927	IS 24 SI
928	IS 24 SI
929	IS 24 SI
1231	IS 119 Q
1233	IS 119 Q
1235	CS 66 X
1318	PS 195X
1403	PS 71Q
1423	Metropolitan Montessori School
1489	IS 318K
1497	IS 318K
1698	Packer Collegiate Inst.
1702	Packer Collegiate Inst.
1749	RMS @ I. S. 192
1917	Salve Regina Catholic Academy
1979	PS 148Q
1990	PS 148Q
2048	IS 383 K Philippa Schuyler MS
2216	PS 11 M
2331	PS 8 K
2332	PS 8 K
2518	Eltingville Lutheran School
2612	LREI Little Red School House
2707	MS 137Q
2713	MS 216Q George Ryan
2801	PS 166M
3447	NYC Parks Dept. Cromwell Center
3448	NYC Parks Dept. Cromwell Center
3449	NYC Parks Dept. Cromwell Center
3515	The Garden School
3516	The Garden School
3541	PS 94 K
3542	Cambria Center
3543	PS 94 K
3732	Frederick Douglass Academy
3916	PS126/Manhattan Academy of Technology
3967	IS 27 SI
3969	IS 27 SI
3970	IS 27 SI Prall
4094	Forest Hills Robotics
4095	Forest Hills Robotics
4096	Forest Hills Robotics
4097	Forest Hills Robotics
4113	NYC Parks & Recreation - Bronx Division
4191	Dalton
4192	Dalton
4194	Dalton
4195	Dalton
4289	PS 1 M
4442	RoboMindTech
4443	RoboMindTech
4603	Hunter College Campus
4604	Queens Robotics Club
4605	Hunter College Campus
4712	Riverdale Country School
4739	Resurrection Ascension
4865	Say Yes to Education, Teachers College
5027	PS 94Q
5028	IS 75 SI
5030	IS 75 SI
5042	East Fordham Academy for the Arts
5086	Brics-2-Bots
5908	St. Clare School
5909	St. Clare School
5910	St. Clare School
5911	St. Clare School
6225	PS 28M Wright Brothers
6387	Counseling In Schools, Inc. IS 303M
6387	Counseling In Schools, Inc. IS 303M
6481	PS154 After School Program
6488	University Settlement Beacon Program
6635	Blue Devils
7191	The Trinity School
7398	PS 399 K Stanley Eugene Clarke
7401	PS 21K Crispus Attucks School
7404	PS 233K  Langston Hughes
7405	PS 11K  Purvis J Behan School
7406	MS 113K Ronald Edmonds Learning Center
7407	PS 636 K Young Scholars’ Academy for Discovery and
7408	IS 318K
7409	Urban Assembly Institute of Math & Science for Young Women
7410	PS 9K Teunis G. Bergen
7411	Mott Hall Bridges Academy
7412	PS 3K The Bedford Village School
7413	PS 256K Benjamin Banneker Elementary
7414	PS 5K
7415	MS 366K
7416	PS 628K Brooklyn Brownstone
7419	PS 270 K The Dekalb School
7420	Community Partnership Charter School
7424	Ron Brown Academy MS 57
7425	The New Lots Schools PS 213K
7427	Madiba Prep MS
7553	Riverdale MS Robotics
7559	Community Roots school
7756	Good Shepherd Services
7844	PS 321K
8110	Horace Mann School
8135	Horace Mann School
8314	Bronx Charter School for Excellence
8432	The Chapin School
8434	The Chapin School
8539	PS 155k Robotics
8793	PS 57 SI
9392	IS 49Q
9591	Home School
10103	Petrides School
10452	IS 98 X Herman Ridder
10461	Manhattan Youth @IS 289 M
10464	Manhattan Youth IS 276
10467	Manhattan Youth @IS 289 M
10468	Manhattan Youth @IS 289 M
10623	Riverdale Country School
10651	Immaculate Conception School
10652	NYC Lab  Middle School
10656	NYC Lab  Middle School
10773	PS 92K Adrian Hegeman
11810	Family Life Academy Charter School
11993	MS 442 New Horizons
12177	Packer Collegiate Inst.
12179	Packer Collegiate Inst.
12428	St. HOPE Leadership Academy Charter School
12434	St. HOPE Leadership Academy Charter School
12505	Genesis at Xaverian
12735	Genesis at Xaverian
12831	The Young Womens’ Leadership School TYWLS BK
12834	NYC Center for Space Science Education
13048	New World Prep
13263	Dwight School
13273	Sunset Park Prep MS 821K
13305	Graham WIndham -
13309	Edward Bleeker JHS 185
13469	RoboMindTech
13518
13561	IS 131 X
13665	PS/MS 194
13665	British International School of NY
13778	Inwood Academy for Leadership
13780	Inwood Academy for Leadership
13794	Counseling In Schools, Inc. IS 303M
13859	Fort Greene Prep Academy
14067	Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
14535	Genesis at Xaverian
14617	The Trinity School
14753	PS 128Q Juniper Valley
14793	PS 256K Benjamin Banneker Elementary
14806	Friends Seminary FSNYC
14856	Hunter College Campus
14859	PS 128Q Juniper Valley
14887	PS 89 The Williamsbridge School
15040	MS 50 Williamsburg Middle School
15100	Synchronicity / SynchroNYCITY
15139	Riverdale Country School
15149	Louis Armstrong IS 227 Q
15153	Louis Armstrong IS 227 Q
15247	The Gateway School
15362	Forest Hills Robotics
15364	Bronx Park MS
15551	Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
15573	Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School
15636	Genesis at Xaverian
15752	IS 49 SI

FLL Kickoff Schedule - Saturday September 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM-2:00

Hello All,

You are cordially invited to join us at this upcoming weekend FLL Kickoff Event at POLY UNIVERSITY in BROOKLYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Below is the day’s schedule.  I strongly urge VOLUNTEERS to join our VOLUNTEER WORKSHOP in which we will be giving more in depth volunteer description opportunities for all FIRST Programs and how you can join in early in the season.  Also, if you have any friends/work colleagues/family members, etc that are interested, bring them along.  Apart from this workshop, this season’s FLL game will be presented in detail and many other great things you can participate in.

Hope to see you all there.

NYC FIRST LEGO League Kickoff

Saturday September 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM-2:00 PM

Polytechnic Institute of NYU

6 Metrotech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201

Agenda:

10:00-10:20 AM: Welcome & Introductions (Pfizer Auditorium, 5 MetroTech Center)

10:25-10:40 AM: Senior Solutions Challenge Overview (Pfizer Auditorium)

10:40-11:15 AM: Judging Rules Overview (Pfizer Auditorium)

11:15-1:15 PM: Rookie Team Workshop (How to organize your team, project overview; game strategies, robot design, & NXT software tips) (JAB - Room 474)

11:15-12:15 PM: Jr. FLL Workshop Super Seniors (How to register, run and prepare for the JrFLL Expo) (JAB - Room 475)

11:15-12:15 PM: Volunteer Workshop (What is FIRST, volunteer position descriptions) (Pfizer Auditorium, 5 MetroTech Center)

11:15-2:00 PM: Game Overview (All Teams) (Rogers Hall [RH] - Room 116)

If any questions, please feel free to contact me at email below.

Elizabeth Almonte

NYC FIRST Volunteer Coordinator

Email: ealmonte311@gmail.com

 

FIRST in the News

TechScape: Dean Kamen & FIRST ... Perhaps His Greatest Invention

Huffington post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

billrobinson/techscape-dean-
kamen-firs_b_1632659.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false  



http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/

video?id=8751722

NXT Error Code 1003 Patch

We are getting an error code on the computer for the NXT. It is error code 1003. I reinstalled everything and it it still coming up. 


Have them try this:

http://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/1015/how-to-fix-mindstorms-error-code-1003


Here is a link to the patch.


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Subject: YouSendIt File Delivery Notification

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2012 SENIOR SOLUTIONS Challenge

Coming August 28, 2012
See full schedule (US/CAN)

Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of life for seniors by helping them continue to be independent, engaged, and connected in their communities? In the 2012 SENIOR SOLUTIONS^SM Challenge, over 200,000 children ages 9 to16* from more than 60 countries will explore the topic of aging and how it may affect a person’s ability to maintain his or her lifestyle – solving issues like getting around, keeping in touch, or staying fit. Teams will research obstacles and then suggest ways to improve the quality of life for the seniors affected. Teams will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS® robot to solve a set of missions on an obstacle course.  Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FLL’s signature set of Core Values.

*9-14 in the US, Canada, and Mexico

Download the SENIOR SOLUTIONS logo

NYC Champs at FLL World Invitational Open Florida

by Veryl Greene, coach of roboGbots


May 9, 2012

Hi Norm,

Sunshine, palm trees, interesting folks and robots; what a great combination! "Robots in Paradise" - The FLL World Invitational Open in Florida was FANTASTIC! It took place at the All Saints Academy in Winter Haven, Florida with the Opening Ceremony taking place outside on the athletic field; where we also had a teams dinner and dance under a clear sky and the SuperMoon on the last night. The Closing Ceremony took place at LEGOLAND; how kool is that!

Sixty-three teams came from all over the U.S. and the world. The spirit of Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition was everywhere as teams networked, exchanged ideas, exchanged e-mails for e-pals, joined facebook pages, even played soccer and dodge ball together on the football field.

The robots were AWESOME and research projects were OUTSTANDING!

One of the highlights of games was the Blind Pirate's Challenge where teams were randomly paired as alliance teams to run the robot performance game together on the same table - two robots on the table at the same time!!! Talk about Coopertition and fun. There was also an impromptu Robot Derby to honor the running of the Kentucky Derby that Saturday.

Though the roboGbots didn't win anything (this time)...

Core Value 5: "What we discovered was more important than what we might have won."

because...

Core Value 4: "We all honored the spirit of friendly competition."

Core Value 6: "We shared our experience with so many others."

and

Core Value 8: "We had FUN!"

The roboGbots

V. "L3Go-Bots Lady" Greene