FTC Team Email Blast *10* 103009 -Correction to Beacon Announcement-

Hello Teams!

This is team email blast number 10 for the 2009 FTC Season. You should expect to receive weekly email blasts from us (this week is an exception to that general rule). The Team Email Blast is generally the way we communicate information about the program to you. That information could include competition specific news, software updates, trainings, or anything else we think you might like to know. This email is intended for FTC teams and is sent to the main contact listed in your team record.

**CORRECTION** IR Beacons – Change to Maximum Order Quantity! – While Supplies Last!!

We jumped the gun on our announcement to you. Please wait until the end of day, November 4th to order your additional beacons. This will allow us to make changes to the order process that will allow you to order more than one beacon per team.

Please follow the process below to order your Beacons, but wait to place your order until after 5pm Eastern on Wednesday, November 4th.

a. Go to HiTechnic Website at: http://www.hitechnic.com/products and scroll down to IR Beacon, $27.00. Click “view more” to order.

b. Enter your FTC Code:
1. Your code is your team number and the first name of the MAIN contact with no space. EXAMPLE: 9999Name
2. Important: The team number must be 4 digits, therefore you must add zeros before your team number if you have less than 4. EXAMPLE team 1 become 0001, team 989 become 0989.

c. If you encounter an error message, please use the “Contact Us” Link on the HiTechnic web page. Reasons for an error could be:
1. You have not yet paid your registration fee, and are not eligible to order. You must pay the $275 registration fee to be eligible to purchase the beacon.
2. You have paid your registration fee but FIRST has not notified HiTechnic yet that you are eligible. Please be patient, there may be a day’s delay
3. You are not using the right contact name. Please make sure you are using the exact first name of the main contact. Example, Joe and Jo are two different names. If you are certain you are using the correct name, use the “contact us” link, and HiTechnic will check the list manually.
d. Teams are permitted to order MULTIPLE beacons per team.

Go Teams!

~FTC Support


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