From b876df02de0bfdcf174397b7230b5adecdade2af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:47:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/9] Add an email announcing the SR2025 competition --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2cb96e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +to: Potential team supervisors +subject: Announcing Student Robotics 2025! +--- + +Hi, + +We're pleased to [announce][announcement] that registration for Student Robotics +2025 is now open. If you would like to compete, please complete the +[signup form][signup-form] with the details of your team. All future emails +about SR2025 will be sent to the details you provide there. + +This year we're hosting [Kickstart][kickstart] at the University of Southampton, +on Saturday 12th October. We will also be live-streaming the event for those +unable to attend in person. We expect to confirm places towards the end of +September and hope to send kits out to teams before Kickstart. + + [I'm interested in bringing a team to SR2025][signup-form] + +We look forward to seeing your teams, + +Regards, + +-- SR Competition Committee + +[announcement]: https://studentrobotics.org/blog/2024-09-02-sr2025-registration-open/ +[signup-form]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaDRTIoGnSv4F9MXaxe8WXYWlj_4DLHTyv019a6pB2TntEyg/viewform +[kickstart]: https://studentrobotics.org/events/sr2025/kickstart/ From 5608ef45bb38ac7972d308f4e757765c7a68008d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:56:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/9] More detail about the kits we're sending out --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md index 2cb96e0..83b88f7 100644 --- a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ about SR2025 will be sent to the details you provide there. This year we're hosting [Kickstart][kickstart] at the University of Southampton, on Saturday 12th October. We will also be live-streaming the event for those unable to attend in person. We expect to confirm places towards the end of -September and hope to send kits out to teams before Kickstart. +September. + +As usual we will loan your team a [kit][kit] of parts to help build your robot. +This year we hope to send you your kit before Kickstart. [I'm interested in bringing a team to SR2025][signup-form] @@ -26,3 +29,4 @@ Regards, [announcement]: https://studentrobotics.org/blog/2024-09-02-sr2025-registration-open/ [signup-form]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaDRTIoGnSv4F9MXaxe8WXYWlj_4DLHTyv019a6pB2TntEyg/viewform [kickstart]: https://studentrobotics.org/events/sr2025/kickstart/ +[kit]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/kit/ From 0771487ed74e910061476b387250fcf47971b5c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:03:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] Advertise the pre-Kickstart activities too --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md index 83b88f7..27562be 100644 --- a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ unable to attend in person. We expect to confirm places towards the end of September. As usual we will loan your team a [kit][kit] of parts to help build your robot. -This year we hope to send you your kit before Kickstart. +This year we hope to send you your kit before Kickstart. We will also be sharing +some [pre-Kickstart activities][pre-kickstart-activities] to enable your team to +start learning about the kit. [I'm interested in bringing a team to SR2025][signup-form] @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ Regards, [signup-form]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaDRTIoGnSv4F9MXaxe8WXYWlj_4DLHTyv019a6pB2TntEyg/viewform [kickstart]: https://studentrobotics.org/events/sr2025/kickstart/ [kit]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/kit/ +[pre-kickstart-activities]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/competitor_resources/pre_kickstart_activities From bede9ebdebe9339da14e64581ee2a055f83d07b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:19:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/9] Pull place confirmations forwards slightly and add urgency We expect to close sign-ups on the 14th if we're full. --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md index 27562be..d87afef 100644 --- a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ about SR2025 will be sent to the details you provide there. This year we're hosting [Kickstart][kickstart] at the University of Southampton, on Saturday 12th October. We will also be live-streaming the event for those -unable to attend in person. We expect to confirm places towards the end of -September. +unable to attend in person. We expect to confirm places towards the latter half +of September. Places are limited, so sign up soon to avoid disappointment. As usual we will loan your team a [kit][kit] of parts to help build your robot. This year we hope to send you your kit before Kickstart. We will also be sharing From e443d9fcb26ae39843d9c93f37bf56909b5e4b80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 18:01:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/9] Rework grammatically confused paragraph There were a number of issues here: - the people we're addressing don't yet have (and may not get) places in the competition, so describing things as "your team" is potentially confusing as it's counter to the idea that places will be confirmed - the pre-kickstart activities aren't about the kit - the pre-kikcstart activities are being published at the same time (possibly slightly before) we send this email, so the tenses were wrong --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md index d87afef..e228f8c 100644 --- a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ on Saturday 12th October. We will also be live-streaming the event for those unable to attend in person. We expect to confirm places towards the latter half of September. Places are limited, so sign up soon to avoid disappointment. -As usual we will loan your team a [kit][kit] of parts to help build your robot. -This year we hope to send you your kit before Kickstart. We will also be sharing -some [pre-Kickstart activities][pre-kickstart-activities] to enable your team to -start learning about the kit. +As usual we will loan competing teams a [kit][kit] of parts to help build their +robots. This year we hope to send out kits before Kickstart. + +We have also prepared some [pre-Kickstart activities][pre-kickstart-activities] +to enable teams to start learning about robotics and our simulator right away. [I'm interested in bringing a team to SR2025][signup-form] From 8aae841b88a843ab72de2dc089b82c82be4c5e5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 21:16:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/9] Highlight the newnes Co-authored-by: James Seden Smith --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md index e228f8c..8058852 100644 --- a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ of September. Places are limited, so sign up soon to avoid disappointment. As usual we will loan competing teams a [kit][kit] of parts to help build their robots. This year we hope to send out kits before Kickstart. -We have also prepared some [pre-Kickstart activities][pre-kickstart-activities] +Also **new for this year** we have prepared some [pre-Kickstart activities][pre-kickstart-activities] to enable teams to start learning about robotics and our simulator right away. [I'm interested in bringing a team to SR2025][signup-form] From 651c01860e104d9b7596a38cbfe00b0430d96689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 21:24:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 7/9] More introduction of the programme and requirements for signup --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md index 8058852..825c74a 100644 --- a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ subject: Announcing Student Robotics 2025! Hi, We're pleased to [announce][announcement] that registration for Student Robotics -2025 is now open. If you would like to compete, please complete the -[signup form][signup-form] with the details of your team. All future emails -about SR2025 will be sent to the details you provide there. +2025 is now open. The [programme][programme-structure] will run from October +this year until around Easter 2025. + +If you would like to compete, please complete the [signup form][signup-form] +with the details of your team. Entries must be made by a responsible adult on +behalf of a team -- we call this role a [team supervisor][team-supervisor]. All +future emails about SR2025 will be sent to the details you provide via the form. This year we're hosting [Kickstart][kickstart] at the University of Southampton, on Saturday 12th October. We will also be live-streaming the event for those @@ -30,7 +34,9 @@ Regards, -- SR Competition Committee [announcement]: https://studentrobotics.org/blog/2024-09-02-sr2025-registration-open/ +[programme-structure]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/robots_101/programme_structure [signup-form]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaDRTIoGnSv4F9MXaxe8WXYWlj_4DLHTyv019a6pB2TntEyg/viewform +[team-supervisor]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/robots_101/team_supervisor [kickstart]: https://studentrobotics.org/events/sr2025/kickstart/ [kit]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/kit/ [pre-kickstart-activities]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/competitor_resources/pre_kickstart_activities From 119c6c473f4f846e34ffbab3e54a406c26ac07fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 21:34:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 8/9] Add some preview text This turns out to be something we can edit when using MailChimp to send emails. --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md index 825c74a..4fe6b6d 100644 --- a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ --- to: Potential team supervisors subject: Announcing Student Robotics 2025! +preview: | + Sign up to Student Robotics 2025 and get started with our pre-kickstart activities! --- Hi, From 20e45f325a7a3235a7435c34567e99de5a3fda56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Law Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 21:42:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Match the email Andy's scheduled --- SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md index 4fe6b6d..3955634 100644 --- a/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md +++ b/SR2025/2024-09-02-competition-announcement.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ robots. This year we hope to send out kits before Kickstart. Also **new for this year** we have prepared some [pre-Kickstart activities][pre-kickstart-activities] to enable teams to start learning about robotics and our simulator right away. - [I'm interested in bringing a team to SR2025][signup-form] + [Sign up to SR2025][signup-form] We look forward to seeing your teams,