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TIMS is Lego's Team Information Management System.  It is used by FIRST to
manage all team information -- FRC, FTC, FLL.
In the past, FLL had its own registration system, but as of this year, FLL
team information is also managed in TIMS.

http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/emailarchive/442014



On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Skip Morrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It was me that asked about the roster. I had not seen this "TIMS" that you
> spoke of. Googling it does show a few references. I have my account on
> my.usfirst.org, and when I log in I can see the teams I can administer
> and I even have an option to create a new team. I also see a statement that
> if I *DON'T* see my teams, then I will need to be invited to them from
> TIMS. I do see my teams, so that is not a problem. But it looks like TIMS
> is something *above* my.usfirst.org. When I go to the team summary for my
> team, at the very bottom there is a student/roster and a way to invite
> parents. Is that what I need to do? Invite the parents using that system? I
> would like to know what the registration process will look like to the
> parents so I can explain it to them before I just email them a link out of
> the blue.
>
> 1. Is TIMS the same as my.usfirst.org?
> 2. What exactly do I tell my parents they need to do to register the
> children?
> 3. When they go to register, what information will they need to have
> onhand?
> 4. By what date do the children need to be registered?
>
> Now that I think about it, my daughter is on my team, so I can try and
> register her first, but I don't really know where to begin.
>
> Sorry for all of the clueless questions!
>
> Skip
>
>
> .
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Ralph Grove <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I think FLL is paying your fee to the verification company ($2.50 for
>> each coach). also, information stays with verification company, which is
>> probably in the business of doing background checks for volunteers. This
>> background check is good for one year. They should not store personally
>> identifiable information beyond getting a pass or fail after the check,
>> this would be worth checking, which I think they might be doing. With this
>> verification you can probably work as volunteer for other non profit
>> organizations too.
>>
>> also someone was asking about the team roster being an excel spreadsheet.
>> TIMS should generate roster after kids are officially registered in TIMS.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chintan Dixit
>> Coach, RoboLTZ
>>
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