On behalf of the Kansas BEST steering committee:
Hi Everyone,
This year’s Kansas BEST Robotics competition (short teaser here: https://www.bestrobotics.org/) is starting with kickoff day on September 14th! I am putting out the call to see who would be interested in volunteering as a referee this year. You are receiving this email because you have either been a volunteer referee for KS BEST Robotics in the past or have wanted to be “on the list”.
Here are the important dates this year:
- Kickoff (optional for referees): Saturday, September 14th, 9 AM - 1 PM, Hughes Metropolitan Complex (Metroplex, WSU)
- Referee Training (strongly recommended for referees): TBD, generally an evening that works for most people during the week before Practice Day
- Practice Day (very strongly recommended for referees): Saturday, October 26th, 8 AM - 2 PM, Hesket Center (WSU)
- Game Day (the main event): Saturday, November 9th, 8 AM - 4:30 PM, Valley Center High School
- Celebration Dinner (optional): TBD, sometime after Game Day
The Kickoff event is optional for referees. I’ll need as many referees as I can get for Practice Day. Game Day is the main event; we’ll need most everyone on that day. Note: Game Day will be at Valley Center High School this year. As a token of our appreciation, we will be doing some kind of “celebration dinner” after Game Day as well.
If you’ve done this in the past before, you know that it is a lot of fun to see what the kids come up with! Feel free to pass this information along to anyone else you think may be interested.
If you can, please let me know by the end of September if you are interested so I can start to get a headcount of referees. If you cannot do it this year, but would like to stay on the list, please let me know. Also, if you would prefer not to be a referee for Kansas BEST Robotics in the future, please let me know; I won’t be offended and don’t want to hassle anyone if they do not have interest/time for this.
Thank you!
Scott Ricke
KS BEST Robotics Head Referee
scott.ricke@bestinc.org