FW: **FIRST EMAIL**/Important Championship Qualifying Information!

Greetings Teams:

If your team qualifies at a Regional Event to attend the Championship
(CMP), please remember _you still must register_, via TIMS, in order to
attend!

Please visit: http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=944
to see a full listing of the merit based qualifying criteria.

*Registering for the CMP via TIMS*

Please follow the process below:

    * On the Monday following your event, login to TIMS
      https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso after 9:00 am EST;
    * Proceed to the "Event Registration" section, click on the "Go"
      link and then "Add Event" to register your team for the
      Championship accordingly;
    * Pay by credit card online or make payment arrangements with
      Finance by calling 800-871-8326, ext. 450, 478 or 415. Payment by
      credit card or check must be received by Friday April 10th in
      order to compete.
    * You must both register and make payment arrangements by 5:00 pm
      EST Tuesday following your event.

*/IMPORTANT /*- If you do not register by the Tuesday deadline, your
team will once again become ineligible to register for the CMP (i.e.,
your spot will not be held past the Tuesday deadline!).

*Bills of Lading to the CMP for Qualifying Teams*

_Shipping To the CMP:_
Per the new shipping rules, /FIRST /will NOT be providing Shepard
Exposition Services (SES) with FedEx Bills of Lading (or airbills) at
Regional Events for CMP qualifying teams.  Teams must ship their robot
to CMP by either using one of their original two donated FedEx shipments
or by making arrangements with Shepard to use their shipper.

_Shipping Home from CMP
_Teams will be given either a Bill of Lading or airbill at on-site CMP
registration to ship their robot home.

*Making CMP Hotel Reservations *

Please go to the Steele Meetings website at
https://www.e2mevents002.com/client/viewEvent.do?alias=FIRST09 to make
your housing arrangements.

/IMPORTANT I:/  Each season there are teams who make CMP hotel
arrangements in the hopes they will qualify at a regional event.  Teams
that do this do so at their own risk.  _You will be responsible for any
cancellation fees incurred per Steele Meetings Policies._  If you have
any questions, please contact Steele Meetings directly for any further
clarification at: first@steelemeetings.com
<mailto:first@steelemeetings.com>.

/IMPORTANT II:/  DO NOT ship your robot to the CMP event unless you
qualify at your regional event! Teams not registered for the
Championship will be responsible to pay all costs associated with
shipping their robot to and from the Championship.  Only teams
officially registered to attend the Championship will have their
shipments home covered by the FedEx Donation
<mailto:first@steelemeetings.com>

/Go Teams!/

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FIRST Robotics Competition

Phone 1-800-871-8326 ext. 0
Fax 603-666-3907
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