Event Partner Overview

Event Partners are the core of VEX competition programs. Their passion and involvement grows and sustains the events and in many cases even the teams themselves. The role of an EP is to coordinate a team that organizes tournaments, leagues, scrimmages, and workshops. The key tasks are date and site selection, budget, volunteer recruiting and management, volunteer training, team communication, event execution, results, and follow-up.

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Becoming an Event Partner

Becoming an EP is a great opportunity for individuals who share our passion for robotics and seek to establish a revenue stream to sustain and grow their own robotics program.

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Event Partner Resources

These documents and resources contain everything an Event Partner needs to plan a successful VEX Robotics Competition tournament.

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Event Partner Commitment to Event Excellence

As we begin the 2020-21 Season, we are excited to introduce a new requirement for qualifying event postings for Tournaments and Leagues within RobotEvents to enhance and improve the overall competition event experience for our Event Partners, volunteers and students alike.

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Event Partner FAQ

For information on setting up and running events visit our EP FAQ.

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Event Partner Forums

Join the Event Partner forum and stay up to date on the latest discussions from the EP community.

Note: User must be signed into the VEX Forum or the VEX IQ Forum as an Event Partner to access Event Partner Forums. Contact your REC Foundation Manager for more information.

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Latest Event Partner Updates

Stay up to date with the latest EP Updates, an archive of the REC Foundation's periodic email blasts to Event Partners.

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2021 Virtual REC Foundation Summit

The Virtual REC Foundation Summit was held on July 20-22, 2021. Click the link below for presentations, training, and discussions intended to help you make the most of the 2021-2022 competition season.

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Additional Information

Signature Events

REC Foundation Signature Events give teams the opportunity to play at a tournament that is of the highest caliber. Applications to host Signature Events are open to all experienced Event Partners and are evaluated based on the criteria linked below.

Requirements Application

TM Support

The best source for help with the Tournament Manager (TM) Software is the documentation that it comes with. If you have questions or something unexpected occurs, please contact your REC Foundation Manager for assistance.

Volunteer Management System EP Training Manual

The REC Foundation created the Volunteer Management System, an online software and scheduling tool for volunteer management to help solve volunteer recruitment and scheduling challenges. The VMS is integrated with RobotEvents. Administrators will have the ability to use predetermined roles and/or add event specific roles. Developers are currently working on updates based on the feedback received from the 2019-2020 beta-testers.

VMS EP Training Manual Volunteer Management System

Raspberry Pi

Learn more about using Raspberry Pi for your events.

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