Add a place confirmation email for SR2025 teams

SR2025/2024-09-11-confirm-places.md

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+---
+to: Student Robotics 2025
+subject: Confirming your place at Student Robotics 2025
+attachments:
+  - Kit Disclaimer (PDF): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dZAawbzQwh0peaZRpesL9Up5CzOr--Ec/view
+---
+
+Hi,
+
+You're in! We're happy to confirm you've got a place at Student Robotics 2025!
+
+Thank you for taking on the role of a [team supervisor][team-supervisor] for
+your team. If you have any questions about the [competition programme][programme-structure],
+building a robot or anything else, please feel free to reach out to us in the
+`#team-supervisors` channel on [Discord][discord] or email us at
+<[email protected]>.
+
+This year we're hosting [Kickstart][kickstart] at the University of Southampton,
+on Saturday 12th October. We will also be live-streaming the event if you are
+unable to attend in person. In that case we encourage that your team meet up to
+watch the presentations, get to know each other and start working together on
+the kit. If your plans for Kickstart change from what you put on the sign-up
+form, please let us know so we can plan accordingly.
+
+## Kit
+
+As usual we will loan your team a [kit][kit] of parts to help build your robot.
+This year we hope to send out kits shortly before Kickstart, in early October.
+
+In order to enable us to send out your kit you need to agree to our _kit
+disclaimer_ (PDF attached). This disclaimer covers the terms and conditions
+under which you may use the kit and outlines the limits of our responsibilities.
+Please **sign it, scan it and email it back to us**.
+
+We will be sending your kit to the shipping address you provided when you signed
+up:
+
+    SHIPPING_ADDRESS
+
+We will send you an email with a tracking link once your kit is on its way.
+
+## Discord
+
+To support your team throughout the year and enable you to share experiences
+with other teams we have a [Discord][discord] server. This is the primary
+communication method for competitor support, enabling competitors to get support
+directly from our volunteer mentors at any time.
+
+Your invite link is <https://discord.com/invite/TODO_REPLACE_DISCORD_LINK_BEFORE_SENDING>.
+If you don't already have a Discord account, you can register an account for
+free. Accounts should be per individual and not shared with others.
+
+Within Discord there are a number of shared channels, which everyone has access
+to. Additionally there is a channel which is just for your team, which can only
+be accessed by yourself, your competitors, and our Blueshirt volunteers. Your
+team's channel is called `#team-TODO_REPLACE_TLA_BEFORE_SENDING`.
+
+Upon joining the server users will need to provide a password to gain the
+correct permissions. The password is used to identify which team a user is from,
+so do not share to those outside your team. Please share both the invite link and
+the relevant password with your competitors.
+
+For your team, the password is: TODO_REPLACE_PASSWORD_BEFORE_SENDING
+
+More information on this can be found in [the docs][discord].
+
+Additionally, we like to make sure we are aware which members are volunteers,
+competitors and team supervisors. If you provided your Discord username when you
+signed up we will assign you the 'Team Supervisor' role once you've joined. If
+you didn't, then please reply to this email with your Discord username once you
+have joined the server and we will add the appropriate roles.
+
+Whilst most of the discussions and support will be happening on Discord, if you
+are unable to or do not wish to create an account with Discord you can still
+[contact us][mailto-teams] for support, however the response times will be
+longer. Additionally for SR2025 some elements of the competition will require
+posting to Discord, so please do encourage your team to join. If you are unable
+to do this, please [let us know][mailto-teams] so we can work out alternative
+ways to accommodate your team.
+
+## Looking ahead
+
+If your team would like to get started before Kickstart, **new for this year**
+we have prepared some [pre-Kickstart activities][pre-kickstart-activities] which
+introduce robotics and our simulator without needing the kit. If your team needs
+any assistance with these activities, please encourage them to post in Discord.
+
+At various points in the year we will have a number of "[Tech Days][tech-days]"
+at locations around the UK. These provide an opportunity for your team to get
+hands-on help from our volunteer mentors, make progress on their robot, and meet
+other teams. We'll let you know once we have more details about these events.
+
+We look forward to seeing you at Kickstart!
+
+-- Student Robotics
+
+[programme-structure]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/robots_101/programme_structure
+[tech-days]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/robots_101/tech_days
+[team-supervisor]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/robots_101/team_supervisor
+[kickstart]: https://studentrobotics.org/events/sr2025/kickstart/
+[discord]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/tutorials/discord
+[kit]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/kit/
+[pre-kickstart-activities]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/competitor_resources/pre_kickstart_activities
+[mailto-teams]: mailto:[email protected]