> > >   _____ > >From: FRC Team Announcements [mailto:frcmain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 9:31 AM >To: FRC Team Announcements >Subject: **FIRST EMAIL**/New Safety Animation Contest Streamline Access >Username and Password > > > >Hello. This is an important announcement for all FIRST Robotics Competition >teams. You may be the only person on your team to receive this message, so >please be sure to share it with the rest of your team in a timely manner. If >you think that other members of your team would also like to receive these >announcements, please encourage them to sign up at >http://listserv.leapit.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?join=frcpublic. > >If you would like to stop receiving these messages, please see the bottom of >this message for instructions. >______________________________________________________ > >Greetings Teams: > >In order to access the Streamline site, please enter the following >information: > >Username - (public) >Password - none required > >******************************************************* > >Greetings Teams: > >In conjunction with Autodesk starting to ship this season's software, FIRST >is pleased to announce an animation contest to encourage teams to use the >3ds max 7software to develop their skills. This should be good practice for >this season's Autodesk Visualization Award submissions! > >The theme of the contest is "Care Enough to Act."  Animations must focus on >one of the following behaviors: > >* No running or horseplay >* Proper lifting and transportation of robots >* Always wearing safety glasses >* Housekeeping and work environment >* Safe tool usage practices >* Proper battery charging practices >* Robot energy storage and pinch points. > >The animations should be 15 to 30 seconds long (submissions longer than 30 >seconds will not be considered) and must conform to all the following >guidelines: > >* Entrant must be a fully registered team participating in the 2005 >FIRST Robotics Competition >* Limit one (1) entry per team.  Please identify each entry with the >team number and name >* A completed and clearly legible Entry Form and Autodesk Archive >Consent and Release Authorization Form (available at the URL below) must be >submitted as follows: one completed copy of each form must be mailed to >FIRST by Monday, December 13, 2004 (mailing information for both forms >available on the Entry Form), and one copy of each form must be uploaded on >Streamline by December 15, 2005 by 12:00 noon EST. >* The animation must be posted on Streamline by Wednesday, December >15, 2004 12:00 noon EST. > >Important:  Teams can use last year's (3ds max 6) or this year's (3ds max 7) >software. > >Submissions must be made on line at http://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/client/ ><http://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/client/FIRST> FIRST ><http://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/client/FIRST> .  Please note you will need >Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.01 or >later to access the site. > >The winning entry will be highlighted during the FIRST Kickoff on January 8, >2005.  FIRST will also select one (1) animation from each category above to >show at events during the season. > >If you have any questions, please contact us at frcteams@xxxxxxxxxxxx  Good >Luck to all! > >Go Teams! > > > > > > > >______________________________________________________ > >This email was sent to you because you are the Main or Alternate Contact for >a team and have been automatically added to this mailing list. If you do not >wish to receive the important email messages that will periodically be >distributed via this list, then you must designate someone else as the Main >Contact for your team. To do this, use the Team Information Management >System online at http://my.usfirst.org/. >