MA FIRST Tech Challengedelivered by Boston Tech Initaitive (BTI) is planning an Off-Season Eventwhereby we will play the FREIGHT Frenzy game in a fun and relaxed manner. 

We are excited to be able to open this eventup to our New England FIRST FTC family of teams, and are reachingout through your FTC program delivery partner to get a sense of how many of you might be interested injoining us.

Here are known details:

• Date - August 20^th (if we have better than expected team interest, we may look to extend event through August 21 to accommodate)
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• Location - MIT University Hockey Rink, the site of what inspired FIRST Dr. Woodie Flower's 270 Finals Competition, now 2.007!
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• Time:  - Full day event, start and end times TBD  
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• 32 Teams - We are looking to hold a 32-team event, but this could change depending on team interest. 
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• Cost - $150 to $175 range 
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• Event Activities - In addition to super fun robot play, we are looking to incorporate the following:

• Keynote speakers
• College and Sponsor Booths 
• Tours of campus and labs 
• Game changes (adding fun to how the game is played!)
• Prizes

If you can please reply to drose@firstpartners.org with a"YES!" or "maybe" or "would love to but unfortunately can't" by COB Tuesday July 19,we would greatly appreciate it. 

Stay tuned for additional event details andTeasers from our BTI Interns who are helping us put on the event, coming soon!

Best,

Deb and Wayne (Co-Partner)

Deborah Rose
FIRST Tech Challenge Partner

727 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139  

Drose@firstpartners.org  

Deb.rose@bostontechinitiative.org