[ACTION] FRC Town Hall, winter recording

NE FIRST hosted our winter FRC Town Hall on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, from 8–9 p.m.!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoheqZKjSoA

NE FRC Town Hall Feb 2026.pdf

Download PDF • 3.54MB

SLIDE NOTES

District Leadership: what we focus on

• Michael: partnership leveraging, high-level directing

• Scott: event planning, fire extinguishing

• Sam: info-sharing, branding, fundraising

FIRST Senior Mentors

• Maine: Jamee Luce

• New Hampshire: Ken St. Hilaire

• Vermont: Scott McCalla

• Massachusetts: Katie Bonner

• Connecticut: Stacey Hilton

Officially reached 200 teams for 2026!

FRC REBUILT Overview

• Week 0 is Saturday, 2/21!

• New England has 12 district events over 5 weeks

• Week 6 has no events!

• District Championship will host 100 teams in 2 divisions at The Big E

  • NEWSOM Division

  • BURNS Division

Schedule Notes

• Day 0

  • Scheduled 4–9 p.m.!

  • Individual events will also have the option to open earlier for Load In, which will follow Event Rules shared in E14.4 from the REBUILT Manual

• Daylight Savings Time

  • Starts Sunday, March 8 (Week 1)

  • Pine Tree and Minuteman will both open at 9 a.m. that day (not 8 a.m.)

• Small Event

  • Pine Tree will run 6 or 7 alliances unless it hits 24 registered teams

  • Currently at 21

General Event Info

• Accommodations: forms.gle/ioojcK95ivjzRyL26 

• Electronic team rosters are totally fine

  • Show them to Pit Admin on a mobile device, tablet or laptop

• 2026 events will focus on our community

  • Event venues are sharing their safety policies and venue liaisons will work with NE FIRST to action them

• Open opportunities (RSVP information coming soon)

  • College venues are likely to host tours!

  • FIRST HQ focus groups at WPI

Where to find (New England specific) info!

• New event quick views!

  • COMING SOON as Event Info Packets become available

• Team announcements: nefirst.org/teams 

• Mentor Memos: 

  • subscribe at nefirst.org/subscribe 

  • latest: nefirst.org/so/74PldigzE

• Mentor Slack: invitation to join

  • many channels, including #frc-announcements for cross-posting all of the above

• Events: nefirst.org/calendar

  • nefirst.org/district-events, includes off-seasons

  • nefirst.org/community-calendar, invite communitycal@nefirst.org to be added

• Town Hall recordings: YouTube

• Socials: Instagram / Facebook

FIRST Championship funding opportunity

• NE FIRST has received a generous pledge that will help teams who qualify for the FIRST Championship who have not attended in the past three years fund their trip

• This may include Rookie All-Star winners or other teams who have had to decline their invitations in the recent past

• We're excited to work with teams in April to allocate the donated funds! More information will be shared as the season progresses

Thank you to all who attended or watched the recording!