Volunteer Opportunity: FIRST Lego League

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:29:14 -0500

A Message from the FIRST Lego League Judge Advisor:

Hello everyone,

We need 90+ judges for the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Maryland State Championship on February 23th, 2019 at UMBC.

You are receiving this email because you have previously judged at a Maryland FLL competition or you have shown an interest in being a judge. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone else who you think might be interested.

You will work 10 hours (well not quite), make no money, interact with 900 young engineers, get free food, have a blast, be totally exhausted, meet interesting people, and did we say you don't get paid?

Follow this link to volunteer for the event

There are lots of ways to get involved. This call is for Judges, but we also need Referees, Judge's Assistants, Emcee, Pit Runners, Team Queuers, Practice Table Managers, Setup and Breakdown Crew, etc.

Judging categories and qualifications:

1. Robot Design – This category judges the technical merits of the robot in terms of strategy, programming, and mechanical design. Judges should have computer, scientific or technical backgrounds.

2. Project – Teams are also required to do a research project on an issue related to this years theme, Into Orbit. In this category, teams present their project and are judged on the quality of their research, solution, and presentation. Judges should have a technical, scientific, or research backgrounds.

3. Core Values – This area judges a team on their ability to be enthusiastic and show partnership, work as a team, and support and encourage both their teammates and the other teams they are competing against. Judges in this category do not need to have a technical background. Any person who recognizes, practices, or teaches teamwork would make an exceptional judge.

Judges will need to plan to be at UMBC from approximately 7 AM to 3 PM on February 23, 2019.

Please volunteer! I promise it will be a day you will always remember.

Follow this link to volunteer for the event.

- David Baran, Judge Advisor