Communication & Resources

Communication

All members must have an active email address that is registered with the team. They must check it daily. Important messages will be communicated to members via Slack. Team updates will be shared via the team website and Slack.

Team Website, Calendar, and Blog

The team website is located at www.raidrobotics.org. The team calendar will be updated by leadership to ensure that all students are aware of any meeting or event.

The team also has a blog on the team website. Here, the team leadership will post updates over the course of the entire year.

Social Media

Team 4469 maintains a social media presence on Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, and Flickr. These accounts are managed by students and mentors of the business team. All of the social media accounts can be accessed via the team website.

Slack

Students are required to join the team’s Slack organization. Team announcements during the season and at competitions will be broadcast via Slack. It is also used as a tool to collaborate on work outside the team meetings. Students should have their display name be their First Name and Last Name initial.

If there is any obstacles with joining slack, the team annoucements are published via an RSS feed. This can be read on any common RSS reader.

https://zapier.com/engine/rss/24476493/slack-team-announcements-v2

External Resources

• The Blue Alliance (https://www.thebluealliance.com) – Information on all FRC teams and events including videos of most FRC matches.

• FIRST (https://www.firstinspires.com) – FIRST’s website where competition information is published and student registration occurs.

• Chief Delphi (https://www.chiefdelphi.com) – Community forum for discussion about FRC.

• FIRST Washington (https://www.firstwa.org) – Official FIRST Washington website containing information about the local events in the Pacific Northwest.

• FIRST Q&A – The official question and answer system for game-specific questions.