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Here in NoVa we seem to be flush with cash, and while I used to be gung-ho about starting teams at nearby schools, this post has made me reconsider. There is really very little incentive for expansion, as it only cuts into your funding. This is why FIRST can't be everywhere.
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Unless a miracle occurs, our team is not going to compete this year. Still need about $3500 before Friday, and that's with an emergency grant. (And that means we won't be able to use pneumatics, since we sold our compressor last year. :( )
Squirrelrock, were going to have to use your team's idea about an open-house for next year. It seems to work. |
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There is a group called the Greater Richmond Technology Council who says on their website (www.richtech.com) the following:
"The Greater Richmond Technology Council is a member-driven association of businesses and organizations working together to ensure the continued growth of Central Virginia's dynamic technology-based economy. The Council includes both Technology and Associate members dedicated to the development of an infrastructure that supports the growth of existing technology industries and identifies the Greater Richmond region as a location of choice for new and emerging technology companies." They list many companies and organizations (it looked like a couple of hundred names) who might make good $$ sponsors. Are you sure you have really tapped out the region? hth, Ken |
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Do you really need it by tomorrow, or do you need to have it secured? I'm a VCU student and a FIRST volunteer, and I am certainly willing to help some Richmond teams put together a fundraising campaign. Talk to other local teams, and maybe we can hold a Richmond FIRST meeting here on campus or at a local high school to see what can be done. I wish I'd noticed this sooner or maybe we could have gotten things together sooner. Just because your team can't be independent this year doesn't mean that the dedicated people on the team can't still be invovled in robot building, designing, etc. you just have to work together with other teams. |
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I agree with JosephM: I like your ideas. We would have to get a list of competing teams in the area and see which ones would be able to incorporate. I wouldn't feel so bad about not competing this year if there weren't people on our team that won't qualify as students next year. :( |
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We all need to get together and do something to raise more funds.. btw.. what sponsor did you lose.. juts attempting to compare notes and see whos helping who this year...Ken, thanks for your input, but I know 617 has attempted to contact all of the resources in our area.. we recently hosted an "open house", and invited over 100 people from different technological and engineering fieds to come and see our program, and the Center for Engineering (a division within the school/county).. it did ok, but were still short a couple grand, especially since were attemting to go to Annapolis along with VCU this year.. after the season is over (sorry guys, but i think it may be a little late for getting over 10k for this year) we need to get together and get a city-wide fundraiser going. good luck, hopefully see you at VCU in March!
JP VP Engineering/Design/Fabrication Team 617 |
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From team 616, we have a little bit of conflict as well. We used to be the team that had no other teams around our area. This year, we now have a new team that is near us. Therefore, we lost a mentor or two, and there are not that many sponsors to chose from. Each year, it is a struggle for teams everywhere to get sponsors and now, our struggle to get sponsors have increased. We will come through somehow though, I hope :)
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T-15 Minutes to D-Hour and still not paid.
Oh, well. We tried. EDIT: It's over... (Must not cry, Must not cry, Must not cry, :( ) |
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I'm a mentor for Team 975 (James River). We're all for consolidating, and have had one or two Richmond-area schools join us in the past. Unfortunately Midlothian high split off this year and I'm not sure about St. Christophers. Let's all keep in touch and see how we can manage this. There must be at least 5 teams in Chesterfield County alone. Three of these are within a 10 minute drive of each other.
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How many Richmond area teams ????
Make that 19 or 20 TEAMS! I didn't see St. Michael's in this year's list for the VCU Regional. This came from the FIRST site of teams registered for the 2005 VCU event.
346 L.C. Bird - Chesterfield 384 Tucker - Richmond 405 Richmond Community High School & Richmond Public School & Richmond Community High School 414 Hermitage Tech. Center - Richmond 416 Armstrong - Richmond 422 Maggie Walker - Richmond 539 Trinity - Richmond 540 VCU/Henrico Education Foundation - Richmond 638 Clover Hill - Midlothian 975 James River - Midlothian 1033 - Benedictine - Richmond 1093 Collegiate - Richmond 1172 Richmond Tech Center - Richmond 1222 ??? 1467 Home School Robotice - Chesterfield 1522 Hanover High - Mechanicsville 1530 Thomas Jefferson - Richmond 1541 Midlothian High - Midlothian 1545 Freeman High - Richmond 1599 Atlee - Mechanicsville |
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You forgot 1086, they are in Richmond too.
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