Volunteer Registration

Welcome to the 2017 Maine FLL Program.

Dear Volunteers,

The Maine FIRST LEGO League season is upon us!
This year's theme, HydroDynamics, has predicted over 90 teams in Maine this year and about 700 children actively building and programming robots, while they also learn all about water – how we find, transport, use, or dispose of it.
It is going to be a banner year! Biggest ever and a great topic.
We need volunteers to help us run the events for 2017, and we're hoping you'll be able to help again this year. But even more, we're hoping some of you will sign up for a qualifier AND the State Championship. That's right, twice the fun.

We currently have 3 Qualifiers, all scheduled for November 18th, 2017 at:

South Portland
Jay
Searsport

And the State Championship will be on December 9th, 2017 at:

The Augusta Civic Center in Augusta

Registering for being a volunteer is the same as last year, just visit:
https://my.usfirst.org/FIRSTPortal/Login/VIMS_login.aspx
and use the same email to login as last year. If your email has changed or you can't remember any of your login information... you can either contact FIRST or start a new entry.
If you can't remember your password, just use the "I forgot my password" option.

Once you've logged in, you can select "Apply for an Event", then select "FLL", "USA", and "Maine" and hit "search for an event". You should see the events listed.

Please select the qualifier and/or state championship.
For roles, you can select from the roles shown (can select several) or select "put me where needed"
You'll have to go through it twice to volunteer for a qualifier and the championship. Note, you can't volunteer at two qualifiers as they are all running at the same time.
The VIMS is part of the FIRST child protection program and requires that volunteers be screened and watch a youth protection program video. If you have never used VIMS before you will need to create an account. The process is not hard but there are a fair number of steps so if you run into trouble please feel free to contact us or check out the VIMS user guide.

Volunteer Registration / VIMS

Once you've logged in, you can select "Apply for an Event", then select "FLL", "USA", and "Maine" and hit "search for an event". You should see the 5 events listed below.

VIMS New User Guide (pdf)

Maine Volunteer Job Description

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at (207)866-4340 or email us at info@mainerobotics.org

Note: We have been informed that IPads, tablets, and smartphones sometimes have trouble with VIMS, we recommend using a laptop or desktop computer to register.