Hi All,<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I just wanted to formally announce to all of you our deadlines and dates for qualification and registration for RoboCup 2012. These can all be found on our website as well at: </span><a href="http://small-size.informatik.uni-bremen.de/robocup2012:qualification">http://small-size.informatik.uni-bremen.de/robocup2012:qualification</a>. </div>
<blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Team Pre-Registration Deadline: January 31, 2012</font></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Team Qualification Deadline: February 28, 2012</font></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Team Qualification Results Announcement: March 18, 2012</font></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Technical Challenges Sign Up Deadline: April 1, 2012</font></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Team Financial Support Confirmation Deadline: April 20, 2012</font></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Early Registration: March 1 – April 30, 2012</font></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Regular Registration: May 1 – May 31, 2012 (No team registration accepted after May 31)</font></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Late registration: June 1 – June 23, 2012</font></span></li>
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</ul><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></ul></div><div>To note, we will be requesting much earlier technical challenges sign up this year as your Technical Committee are looking to release the technical challenges before the qualification deadlines this year. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Also to note, the Technical Committee is just wording the finalized decisions on major and minor rule changes for the year and that information will be coming out shortly. Please be assured that much consideration has been given into all the rule changes from emails sent in, to discussions on the facebook page and from the survey results. </div>
<div><br></div><div>As always, if you have any concerns with these dates, or with any questions on the OC or TC plans, please do not hesitate to let us know. </div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck as always on the development on your robots, and my warmest wishes to the members of your teams currently preparing for exams or their theses. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div>Amanda Li</div><div>On Behalf of the RoboCup 2012 Organizing Committee</div></span><br>
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