2004 Ontario Technological
Skills Competition
Registration Process

SPACE RESERVATION AND WAITING LIST POLICY:
The Ontario Technological Skills Competition is becoming increasingly popular with additional school boards displaying interest in competing in the Elementary Challenges each year. To facilitate this interest, Skills Canada – Ontario has put a waiting list in place for most challenges. For 2004, NEW space reservation procedures have been put into place to ensure fairness.

Skills Canada – Ontario promotes the competition as a benefit of affiliation, therefore, preference for space reservation will be given to affiliated school boards. Please refer to Appendix 1 and below for details on the new space reservation procedure.

Prior to and including the space reservation deadline of January 9, 2004, school boards will be awarded space reservation in order of request date, with affiliated school boards placed ahead of those partially or not affiliated. In the event that a challenge has reached its maximum space reservation, requests for space will create a waiting list. Upon a space cancellation, space will be allocated to the next affiliated school board on the waiting list. If all interest from affiliated school boards is satisfied, school boards demonstrating partial affiliation will be next contacted in order of request date. If all partially affiliated space is satisfied, then non-affiliated school boards will then be contacted in order of request date. At that time, the contacted school board will need to affiliate with Skills Canada – Ontario should they wish to send competitors to the competition. This process will continue until the Space Reservation Form deadline of January 9, 2004. After January 9, all space reservations will be awarded by request date only, regardless of affiliation status.

One team per school board will be allowed to enter each age level of each challenge at the provincial competition. This amounts to a maximum of 8 teams per school board.

All Elementary Challenges consist of competitors in teams of four. The composition of the teams must be co-ed, in any combination of boys and girls.

TEAM COMPOSITION:
All teams, for any challenge, must be comprised of both boys and girls, in any combination. Possible team combinations are, therefore, as follows:

• 1 boy, 3 girls
  
• 2 boys, 2 girls
  
• 3 boys, 1 girl
  

Competitor Registration Form

Advisor Registration Form

2004 Reservation and Registration Timeline

December 05, 2003	Elementary Challenge Information and Registration Package sent to all school board contacts and affiliated elementary schools. Elementary schools that participated in the 2003 challenges will also be sent a package. Space Reservation Form sent to school board contact only.
January 05, 2004	An e-mail reminder of Space Reservation Form deadline will be sent to school board contacts.
January 09, 2004	Space Reservation Form due. NEW! Preference for challenge space will be given to affiliated school boards, only until this date. Please note that all challenges have limited space, and receiving space reservation forms by January 9, 2004 does not guarantee space. Space is on a first-come, first-served basis, based on affiliation status, and waiting lists may begin before January 9. After this date, space reservation will be given in order of request date only, regardless of affiliation status.
February, 2004	Scopes for Elementary Challenges will become available on website.
February 02, 2004	Registration opens. Forward completed competitor and advisor registration forms to the attention of the Registrar in the Skills Canada – Ontario office. Registration forms MUST be signed by a parent/guardian in order for the student to be able to participate.
April 08, 2004	REGISTRATIONS DUE. Registration forms for reserved spaces received after this date will be charged a $10.00 per team late fee. After April 8, no refunds will be available. Schools will be invoiced for reserved spaces if they have not cancelled spaces by this date.
April 16 2004	If registration forms for reserved spaces are not received by April 16, reserved space will become null and void and space will be given to the next school board on the waiting list. At this time, the contacted school board will need to affiliate with Skills Canada – Ontario, if they have not already done so.
April 23, 2004	Absolutely no registrations will be accepted after this date.
May 03, 2004	2004 Ontario Technological Skills Competition Elementary Challenges, RIM Park and Manulife Financial Sportsplex, Waterloo.
There will be no on-site registration at the competition. If teams arrive the day of the competition, and they are not registered with Skills Canada – Ontario as a team, they may or may not be allowed to compete based on the discretion of the Executive Director and Technical Committee. If allowed to compete, the team WILL NOT be eligible for placing.

REGISTRATION PROCESS:
To reserve Elementary Cahllenge space:

Spaces can be reserved in challenges by school boards if the Space Reservation Form included with this package is completed and returned to the Skills Canada – Ontario office no later than January 9, 2004. Please refer to page 3 and Appendix 1 for details of the space reservation process. Confirmation of space reservation will be sent by fax and e-mail to the school board representative on January 12, 2004 or any time thereafter upon Skills Canada-Ontario’s receiving the completed space reservation form.

Space reservation is not considered registration, therefore spaces will be forfeited if individual competitor registration forms are not received by the absolute deadline of April 16, 2004, with late fees being in effect after April 8.

Space Reservation Forms must be completed every year to ensure challenge space is reserved for each competition. Space reservations from 2003 will not apply for 2004

To register competitors:

1. Competitors are to be selected to represent the school board through a regional competition, or by direct entry.
2. Each competitor is to complete the registration form in its entirety and return forms to the school board representative. Please check appropriate boxes only if they apply. Please indicate clearly which four competitors comprise a team in the space provided on the form.
3. The school board representative must then send complete registration forms to the Skills Canada-Ontario office via mail or fax, no later than April 8, 2004.
4. A confirmation of individual competitor registration will be sent by fax or e-mail from the Skills Canada-Ontario office to the school board representative.
5. At this time, any corrections to the competitor information that need to be made should be forwarded to the attention of the Registrar at the Skills Canada-Ontario office