Welcome to the 2015 FLL season -
Trash Trek! We have information about the VA-DC FLL Regional Registration
process that everyone (including returning coaches) should read below.
We will be collecting a VA-DC FLL
Regional Registration Fee. There will be NO separate regional tournament
registration fee. The VA-DC FLL Regional Registration fee will cover
services available to VA-DC FLL teams including team development, coach support
and planning for regional qualifying tournaments. Teams registered with
the VA-DC FLL Region can sign up for one (1) regional qualifying
tournament. Details about payment options are noted below and on our
website at www.va-dcfll.org.
Coaches will also receive reminder emails during the registration
process. There is a Frequently Asked Questions link on the registration
page that will be able to answer most questions associated with the
registration process.
VA-DC FLL REGIONAL REGISTRATION
PROCESS:
To help expedite this registration
process, VA-DC FLL teams can start this registration process now. Go to http://www.va-dcfll.org/teams/start-register-a-team/ and go to Part 3. There are 4 steps and a
confirmation email will be sent after the completion of each step.
1. Enter
FLL team information (team name, national FLL team number, coach contact info,
etc.). FLL team MUST be registered with FIRST for the 2015 Trash Trek season
before registering with the VA-DC FLL Region. FIRST will issue the FLL
team number. To register with FIRST, go to:
https://my.usfirst.org/fll/tims/site.lasso
2. Pay
the $100 VA-DC FLL Regional Registration Fee (due by 10/10/2015). Make
sure to use your FLL National Registration number. Options for payment
include:
b. Pay
by check: Send a check for $100 to the address below. Be sure to include your
team number on the check so that it can be correctly credited. Multiple
payments may be included in the same check, but each team numbers must be
indicated.
c. Pay
by purchase order: Purchase orders are acceptable from any VA or DC school
system. Send your purchase order to the address below. Be sure to include your
team number on the PO so that it can be correctly credited. Multiple payments
may be included in the same PO, but each team numbers must be indicated.
Mailing address for check and P.O. payments:
VA-DC
FLL
James Madison University
800 S. Main, MSC 0305
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
3. Enter
team member information (team member name, date of birth, etc.). Date of birth
determines the team’s VA-DC FLL division – please be accurate and complete
4. Regional
Qualifying Tournament Preference Selection (pick 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice). This
final step (selection of tournaments) will not be available until October
1st. Assignments are based on a first-come, first-serve basis based on
tournament selection so starting registration now will not guarantee you
preference but does give you ample time collect team member information ahead
of time.
You will be able to come back and
make updates/changes as needed until the end of the registration period on
October 10th. We will send out reminders when we get close to the opening
of the regional tournament selection portion.
Below are important notes about the
registration process…
·
FIRST has implemented a child protection policy
and requires background checks and other safeguards. More information is
available on the US FIRST website or by contacting
[log in to unmask].
·
WHAT WILL COACHES NEED TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER
FOR A TOURNAMENT?
o Your
national FLL team number as provided by FIRST.
o Contact
information for the coach.
o Team
member details including name, gender, date of birth (for assignment of age
division), whether or not the team member has participated in FLL before.
o Top
three choices (in order) for tournament sites (this part will not open until
10/1/2015)
·
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT REGISTRATION…
o Because
we know that a number of you are managers and/or coaches for more than one
team, you will have the option to register multiple teams and list different
coaches for each team. If you register more than one team then you will
be responsible for any updates to each team that you register or you will need
to share your log in information with individual managers to do so themselves.
o Please
be aware that cookies must be enabled on your computer in order to use the
registration system. If this poses a problem in your school or place of
business, you will need to use another computer or have someone else register
for you.
o Any
manager/coach email addresses provided will be automatically added to the email
list from which administrative messages will be sent.
o There
may be a delay of up to 1 week between when you register you team with USFIRST
and when you are able to start the registration process as we normally update
our registration server once a week. We will make sure that all
registered teams have been added prior to the start of official regional
tournament registration on October 1st.
A SPECIAL NOTE TO TEAMS REGISTERED
WITH FIRST BUT DO NOT PLAN TO PARTICIPATE IN A VA-DC FLL REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.
Even if you don't plan to register a
team for a VA-DC FLL regional tournament this season, please log in and make
note of that so that we don't have to contact you separately (there will be a
clear place to indicate this on the first page). This will help save time
for our very busy volunteers who would otherwise have to follow up directly
with any unregistered teams.