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Regional Competition DayThe Washington State Future City Regional Competition will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington. We will be ready with judges, prizes, medals, certificates and T-shirts. The first place winning team will receive a trip to compete at the National Future City Competition in Washington DC during National Engineers Week in February (if we get 25 registered schools for the Competition). Prizes will also be awarded to each second and third place student team member. We will have a preliminary competition in the morning and the final "Regional Competition" in the afternoon. We will be allowing each registered school to have up to five teams participate in the morning preliminary competition. The judges will then narrow the field down to 5 finalist teams that will advance to the afternoon final competition. Only one team from any registered school can advance to the afternoon final competition, however. Team Registration for Competition DayYou will need to submit a Registration Form for the team(s) that you will be bringing to the competition. Please complete the form and return it to Karen Pavletich by Friday, January 18, 2013. We need to know the names and correct spelling of all of the team members by that date so that we will have time to make final preparations (name tags, certificates and the program). The best thing would be to e-mail the form to Karen at karen.pavletich@washingtonfuturecity.org. Each school may bring up to 5 teams for the morning preliminary competitionYou may substitute team members, if necessary, after you submit your form and before the day of the competition. The competition day program will be printed based on the names that you submitted on the form. On the morning of the competition, you will be asked for the name of one alternate member for your team. This alternate can be utilized if one of the original three presenters cannot compete due to illness or family emergency. ParticipantsMake sure you bring all members of your team for the competition (1 teacher, 3 students and 1 engineering mentor). If a member of your team can't make it, come and compete anyway. There name will still be on the official team list.Bring your model (with 4"x6" model ID card), copy of your essay/narrative and your city model expense form. There are penalty points associated with not meeting the requirements for the model ID card, model size and model expense form. Read the instructions in your handbook carefully so you will be sure to meet the requirements and not be penalized. Make sure your model is LESS THAN the maximum dimensions. Being even 1/4" over the maximum dimensions will count as a penalty. Make sure your model expenses do not exceed $100. Please bring your own easel if you need one for your presentation. We will have one available for the final rounds but we don't have enough for all teams in the morning. Bring some tools to repair your model if it gets damaged. Driving DirectionsRegistration will be in the Shaw Room which is part of the "Northwest Rooms" at Seattle Center. The Shaw Room is in the Northwest Corner of the Northwest Rooms area. Here are driving directions starting on I-5 going through Seattle:
ParkingYou will have passed several parking lots along the way. You should be able to find parking for around $6 in one of the lots. ScheduleRegistration will open at 7:30am. We will start with welcome and announcements at 8:00am. The preliminary judging will be from 8:30am to 11:40am. Each team will have an opportunity to make their presentation twice during the morning preliminary competition. Final judging for the top 5 teams will be from 1:30pm to 3:10pm. Final scoring, distribution of medals/prizes and the final awards will follow the final judging. We are scheduled to be completed with the final awards by 4:30pm. Hopefully we will be able to finish a little earlier if everything goes smoothly.Be sure to invite your family and friends to come and support you. The best time to attend and watch would be in the afternoon during the final judging and awards presentation starting at 1:30pm. There is not a very good opportunity for visitors to observe during the morning preliminary rounds. There are lots of other things to do at Seattle Center during the morning, however. LunchLunch is "on your own". There are many places to get something inexpensive to eat around Seattle Center. There will be some time in the schedule between the preliminary and the final round of judging. Travel from Eastern WashingtonThis is our biggest concern. Be careful if you are coming over the pass from Eastern Washington on Saturday morning. Give yourselves plenty of time. Dial 1-800-695-7623 for up-to-date information or go to http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes. Unfortunately we do not have any contingency for the Regional Competition in the event of restricted travel on the pass due to weather. We must forward the names of the Regional Competition winners to the National Finals coordinator by the end of the day on Saturday. Please let Karen Pavletich know if you will be driving over from Eastern Washington in the morning. We will do our best to try and schedule your preliminary judging as late as possible in case there is a delay. If possible, make arrangements to travel to Seattle with your team(s) on Friday. Be sure and plan early if you need to make arrangements for a school bus, authorization, permission slips, etc. Hotel AccomodationsThere are many good hotels in the Seattle Center area. We cannot make any specific endorsements and do not have any special arrangements for rates, however here are some contacts for several hotels in the immediate area that other teams have used in the past: If you do use one of these hotels, let us know about your experience so we can help other teams next year. Quality Inn & Suites Best Western-Executive Inn Hampton Inn & Suites Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites |
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