To those who have responded to the email below…thanks!!!  For those who haven’t…we are still beating the bushes to find experienced judges for the qualifying rounds on 5, 12, and 19 Dec and 9 Jan. In addition to the La Plata round on 5 Jan, another qualifying round is being held in Bowie…so we could really use your help!!  Thanks in advance.

 

Buck    

 

 

 

Folks –

 

As experienced FLL judges, we hope you can volunteer to judge Teamwork again this year.  The big difference for the 2010 FLL competition is we now have qualifying rounds beginning 5 December around the state to neck almost 160 teams down to the 64 who will compete in the MD finals at UMBC on 30 Jan.  For each one of these qualifying rounds (see dates and locations below), we need to supply at least three experienced Teamwork judges to work with the local augmentee judges.

     

Loc	Date	Location	Street	City	State	Zip
1	Saturday, December 05, 2009	College of Southern Maryland	8730 Mitchell Road	La Plata	MD	20646
2	Saturday, December 12, 2009	Northern Garrett High School http://sites.google.com/site/garrettqualifier	86 Pride Parkway	Accident	MD	21520
3	Saturday, December 12, 2009	South River High School	201 Central Ave East	Edgewater	MD	21037
4	Saturday, December 19, 2009	Owings Mills High School	124 Tollgate Road	Owings Mills	MD	21117
5	Saturday, December 19, 2009	Digital Harbor High School	1100 Covington St	Baltimore	MD	21230
6	Saturday, December 19, 2009	Oklahoma Road Middle School	6300 Oklahoma Road	Sykesville	MD	21784
7	Saturday, January 09, 2010	Salisbury Middle School	607 Morris Street	Salisbury	MD	21801
8	Saturday, January 09, 2010	Parkville High School	2600 Putty Hill Ave	Parkville	MD	21234
9	Saturday, January 09, 2010	Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab	11100 Johns Hopkins Road	Laurel	MD	20723

 

Please let me know ASAP if you can support any of the above qualifying matches as well as the MD state finals.  We are looking for other FLL judge volunteers as well.  So please pass the word to your coworkers, friends, etc., who have a technical background and/or leadership experience. More FLL info and judge sign-up can be found at the MD First site at  http://www.mdfirst.org/MD/index.htm.

FLL Judge training is available at ftp://forums.usfirst.org/  Make sure you use Internet explorer for this site.  The username is ftpjudge and the password is ftpJudge (note the capital J in the password).  After you log in, click on "Judges", =>"Smart Move Materials", => download and print the "Judges Handbook + Rubrics".

Then click on "Training" and "General Judge Training".  Click on "2009 Judge Training -LoFi.pdf" and read the slides (should only take about 10 minutes for returning judges).  A form should be on the MDFirst website soon for you to certify that you have completed the judge’s training.  

As you well know, these competitions are fun and exciting, and what FLL teams accomplish is nothing short of amazing.  Most importantly, the skills these kids learn during these competitions will last a lifetime.  Your support as a judge is critical to the success of the MD FLL program.

 

Hope to hear from you very soon.

 

Buck

Buck Buchanan Raytheon Solipsys Director, Business Development 8170 Maple Lawn Blvd, Suite 300 Fulton, Maryland  20759-2522  USA 240.554.8204 tel 240-899-6925 cell 240-554.8101 fax [log in to unmask] www.solipsys.com