Vex
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Vex is a robotics event for high school students to compete against other high school students in an innovative and educational way. They build small robots for a specific competition, which changes each year. There are many things that go into running a Vex competition.
The number one resource for running a Vex Competition is the Vex Competition Wiki
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Volunteers
Volunteers are key in running a Vex Tournament. With more help, the competition will run more smoothly, as long as everyone knows what they are supposed to do. See Volunteer Staff Sheet.
Things To Do
Make sure EVERYONE involved reads ALL the rules.
Teams should have a checklist of all the things they need to bring to the competition, before competition day. See Team Checklist.
Helpful Documents
There are many helpful online resources for running a Vex Tournament.
Volunteer Staff Sheet - use to assign and keep track of tasks for volunteers.
Team Checklist - give to teams before the competition so they know what to bring on competition day.
Judges
Make sure Judges are prepared for each award criteria!! Limit the amount of paperwork they need to do.
Timeline for a late Nov or Early Dec event
June-July: Set date with robotevents.com; set up volunteer list; send out a message to everyone in Yahoo email list including parents of stundents, allumni, and veteran students not mentoring one of our teams
August: Send out a volunteer sign ups reminder
Sept: Set up a schedule of events for the competition; start putting together packets for each of the teams
Oct: Get final list of volunteers; have a volunteer meeting to clarify any questions with all volunteers there; have scrimage where volunteers may be able to see how the competition plays out; order judge and volunteer shirts
Nov: Finalize packets; before competition make sure all volunteers know how the matches, the opening ceremony, and alliance selection are going to play out so we don't get behind; set up gym night before (try to get early time so not there late)
