Boeing as sponsor
 

Congrats to everyone on a great season!!!
We sure made a bunch of new friends and had a great time!!

I am looking for data regarding teams sponsored by Boeing during 2008.
Could you please add your team number and years sponsored to this thread?

At the championships during the opening, an official from Boeing stated that they sponsored 50 teams.... I am trying to get the team numbers and other information regarding those teams!!

Thanks for your help!!!

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go here https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....t&sort=teamnum

and then search for the word boeing. I only got 12 when I did it.

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We have Boeing listed as sponsor, though we received no money from them this season. In years past, however, we've received a little bit of money from some folks -- mostly as part of Boeing's donation matching program.

One of our current mentors and a few from the past have worked for Boeing. They've made presentations and had meetings with folks about sponsorship opportunities in Washington state -- and I'm pretty sure that Kevin and FIRSTWA were working on something like that as well -- but our efforts so far have been for naught.

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We just applied for a Boeing Employee Community fund Grant, which I hope we get. However, I believe this is not the same as an outright sponsorship. Prior to 2008, based on previous conversations with Boeing mentors, Missouri teams with "Boeing" indicated in their name, had funds donated as part of the matching program. Our team is located in the St. Louis area, and have had multiple Boeing mentors and Boeing families. We have tried to seek Boeing sponsorship for 6 years, so I hope this proves to be great news!

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Hello All,

Boeing grant for teams with a Boeing employee mentor info is out.
Contact your Boeing mentor for more information.....

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Time frame is critical in this. The applications are due by September 15th.
You must have a Boeing mentor to apply.
If anyone in the Pac North West needs some help in finding a Boeing Mentor our team would be happy to give you a hand.

Probably 1/3 (at least) of our school's parents are Boeing employees..we have over 6 Boeing mentors on our team and they may be able to help you find one for yours ...

Rumor is that these are Registration grants.........................$6000
Rookie and Vet teams eligible... Must have a Boeing Mentor that makes the application for you.

Good news... They are looking to support 100 teams!!!

Please let us know if we can help...
We are Skunkworks from Aviation High School in Seattle Washington
Team 1983

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I am currently a Boeing employee in Southern California and have been a FIRST mentor for the past 3 years (on the East Coast). If anyone in the South Bay area is looking for a mentor feel free to contact me, as I am currently looking to mentor a team and know of several other employees who may be interested in mentoring.

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Our team just put in our application. Our Boeing mentor has always been greatly appreciated for his huge depth of knowledge in all things engineering, but this is one more reason to love him. :D Good luck everyone!

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seg9585,

Team 2493 in Riverside, CA is looking for a Boeing mentor. I just sent you a PM with all the details. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

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Riverside is (relatively) far from the South Bay...

Assuming you mean the one in L.A., I think I know of a few teams who could use the help. Not counting next year's rookies, of course.

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Additional info from the internal Boeing wiki, which contains links to the application, FAQ, etc.:

Requirements
Must be a registered FIRST FRC team
See FIRST Web site for more details. If you do not already have a team number assigned by FIRST, you can preregister on the FIRST Web site. Here is the link you can pre-register at once the process has begun: FIRST Pre-Registration https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/.

Team must contain a Boeing mentor
A Boeing mentor is defined for this purpose as a Boeing employee (full-time, part-time or retired) who contributes time and expertise to a FIRST team. This mentor also agrees to provided information about the team and its accomplishments to Boeing as requested. Contract employees are currently not eligible.

Organizational backing
School teams must have the commitment of a school and teacher for guidance and support of the team. Homeschool teams, scout groups, and other associations are also eligible as long as they meet FIRST's criteria for a team.

Use of funds
The FIRST@Boeing grant is to be used only to cover the entry into a regional championship which includes the kit of parts. Boeing will distribute the funds directly to FIRST. No funds will be distributed directly to teams.

Application Process
In order to apply, you will need to fill out and submit the Application by September 15th. It is important that you fill out this application fully. Boeing's goal is to support as many qualified teams as possible, however funds may be limited. If more teams apply than available funds, information on the application may be used to select the teams that will receive a Boeing grant. If you have any questions, please contact one of the focals listed on the Focal List.

Teams will be notified by October 15th whether their application has been approved. By October 26th, approved teams will receive a commitment letter which can be used to indicate to FIRST that your team's entry fee will be paid by Boeing. Boeing will be sending FIRST a list of teams supported, but it is also strongly recommended that you send this commitment letter by the December 5th deadline for payment to indicate your fee has been covered. Your team will receive the kit of parts from FIRST when they distribute them in January.

Additional Information
Please explore the various links on the menu to learn more about FIRST. Two key resources if you have questions are the FAQs and Focal List.

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Hello All,

The FIRST process of registering new teams is broken.

Does anyone knows when this will get fixed ?

https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso

As mentioned before the deadline for submission is middle of September and the new teams needs to be pre-registered for the mentor be able to apply for the grant in behalf of the team.

Cheers,
Marcos.:cool:

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Well, we found a Boeing engineer in Riverside, he has joined our team as a mentor, and our application is in.

The process couldn't be any easier, I'm suprised there are not more teams out there looking to make use of this gift from Boeing.

Thanks Bruce... and thanks Boeing!

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Thanks for making this thread. It answers all of my questions. My team was going to go to Boeing for sponsorship (because the world HQ's are in downtown Chicago), but we decided to go to Caterpillar (they have a local plant , much closer to us). But, we may go to them for sponsorship in the future.

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we would love to find one in PHX A.Z.

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Lions for First,

PM your contact information to me and I will help you find a Boeing engineer in Phoenix.

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Hello All,

For St. Louis teams, feel free to send me a private e-mail and I will see if I can be of assistance.

Cheers,
Marcos.

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I hear in the grapevine that there is a good opportunity for new teams to apply for this grant, and as far as I know there is no "term limit", althought if there is more than 100 teams then they will go "thru a selection criteria"......

Boeing has employees all over the U.S.A and even in countries such as Canada !!!!.

Deadline approaching fast !!!!!.

Cheers,
Marcos.
:)

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If any North West Boeing employees happen to see this thread, visit our internal wiki at:

https://wiki.web.boeing.com/confluen...r+Seattle+Area

There is information on how to connect with local teams, who is looking for mentors, as well as general FIRST info.

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i know Team 21 ComBat used to be sponsored by Boeing. But I'm not sure about anymore

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Greetings from team 2489!

We're based in Fremont, CA in the east bay and we're looking for a Boeing mentor. If anyone can help us, it would be greatly appreciated.

You can contact us by email: team2489@googlegroups.com or by PM, whatever floats your boat :D.

Thanks a bunch!

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Hello New Teams,

It is official : New Teams can now register on FIRST website.

https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso

Once you register your team, give the team number and name to your Boeing mentor so he or she can apply for the grant.

As far as I know the deadline is September 15.

I wish all good luck and if you coming to St. Louis Regional, I will see ya on the field. :)

Marcos.:D

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And I hear there are still Boeing grants available, so it is not too late to get your application in.

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As a head's up, we received notification about our Boeing grant application this morning. It was sent to our Boeing mentor.

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Was the notification positive? Did you get the grant?

If so congratulations! Time to go check the mail ;>

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We did receive the grant. Thank you. :)

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Congrats 488!!!
We got one too!!

It would be interesting to see the list...

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FRC 2046 is another grateful recipient of a Boeing grant. Thank you Boeing!

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Team 2493 - Robokong also received a grant today


Thank you Boeing!

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Team 39 also recieved their grant notification today :)

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Team 21, ComBBAT had Boeing as a main sponsor from 1998-2005. ComBBAT fortunately was just awarded a smaller sponsorship from Boeing for the 2009 season to reestablish the partnership.

Engineers from Boeing KSC, such as Scott Strickland who has been with the team its' entire existence, have been with the team since 1998 giving up their free time to help the team succeed. I was amazed at their dedication in high school and still am by the fact that they still come back year after year.

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Team 1745 received funding from Boeing! Can't thank them enough for their support :)

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Add 233 to the list! THANKS BOEING!

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Congrats to all the Boeing sponsored teams!

Since I know teams are already doing jersey designs, please consider the whitepaper I uploaded here.

I work at Boeing, and only got this document last week! Read through it and help ensure we don't run into any silly logo issues.

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Hello teams,

The Cavaliers in St. Louis,MO got the grant, but as a rookie team we still have a lot work to be done.

As a mentor I made a challenge to the team for us to raise $3,000 by end of the year, although this might seem "too large" of a goal for a team that got the Boeing grant, I think this would be a good goal for us to have to ensure we become a sustainable team. There is no guarantees that we will get this very generous grant again. So we need to get our "fund raising machine" going. Every little bit helps.

I think that teams that use this opportunity to "diversify" their sponsors will be the ones that will relevant for many years to come.

Cheers,
Marcos.:]

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With the current financial condition in the US I'm curious how many teams received funding. We don't have Boeing as a sponsor, but our teams main sponsor has drastically reduced our funding. :ahh:

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The Boeing grant is paid directly to the FIRST organization to pay for the competition fee, to my understanding it is the full-fee of $6,000.

I think 100 grants were given this year for 2009, next year is a "gamble".

As a mentor for a rookie team that got the grant this year, I am not assuming that we are going to get it for 2010 season, so I am asking the team to look at the following strategy :

1) Diversify your sponsor base.
2) Do fund raising with school administration support.
3) Ask for parents to contribute early as a show of commitment.

Our goal is to have at least $3,000 on top of the entrance fee, and hope we get a lot donated equipment and stuff like old tables from the school library.

It is helpful if the team mentor keeps a journal of how the teams is doing financially and review it periodically on what worked and what has not worked.
:)
Marcos.

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Hello All,

I hope everyone had a great season !. I think would be interesting to hear from team both rookies and experienced that got the grant, how this grant was able to help the team.

As a mentor for a rookie team, that has been trying to form a team for a couple of years, we were finally able to participate on FRC, instead of just participating on FTC. Because we did not need to worry about getting the money for the kit, we were able to build a second robot to be used for practice before the regional competition. We received the Rookie Inspirational Award - St. Louis Regional.

Cheers,
Marcos.

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Team 1742 was proud to have Boeing sponsor us for an experience in FIRST Robotics that will be with us for the rest of our lives, they not only provided us with funds which allowed us to attend our second regional in Dallas, Texas but also with assistance through one of their very own employees Nick Grady, I personally can recall the numerous weekends he spent helping myself learn the programming that was introduced through LabView for this years FIRST Robotics competition. We hope that they will continue their support of Team 1742's involvement in FIRST Robotics for years to come, and allow us to be a proud member of TEAM BOEING.

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1705 Ratchet Rockers from Wentzville, MO are Sponsored by Boeing.

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Team 945 from Orlando FL has Boeing as one of their sponcors

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Hello Nawaid Ladak,

Very cool !!!!.
Did you guys have a Boeing mentor with the team ?

Cheers,
Marcos.

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I was at the LA and Las Vegas Regional, and I couldn't believe how many teams were sponsored by Boeing. It seemed like half the teams in LA got the grant or support in some other way. (My team also got the grant).

Are you from Boeing, Marcos?

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Hello seg9585,

Yes. Look me up at BEMRC - Boeing Employee Mentoring Robotics Club.

The company sponsored 100 team across the U.S, in addition to more than a 100 mentors across enterprise who volunteered their time to mentor the teams.

Cheers,
Marcos.

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Im pretty sure it was some sort of grant. We had the same mentors this year that we usually do, but the Boeing name was new for this year... Hopefully we get sponsored by them next year

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Team 1323 would like to thank BOEING for the original grant and the second donation after Long Beach.

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BEMRC now has an external presence.

Checkout our facebook page :
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref...9861883&ref=nf

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Does anyone know if this will be done again this year? (we had some issues last year that did not allow us to participate those have now been cleared and we are looking for support any other help is also welcome)

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Yup. They are doing the again this year.

The press release says it is a four year partnership.
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/...90227c_nr.html

My understanding is application will open in mid-september......

I recommend you ask your mentor about it......

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Hello Boeing sponsored teams !!!!!

Now there is a Face Book page created by Boeing Careers, check it out :
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101736806579690/

I heard The Boeing Company plans to have a booth at the 2011 Championship event.......

Cheers,
Marcos.
:)

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I heard Boeing sponsorship application for this year will open this coming Monday......

Also INCOSE this year has a mini-grant for teams that have a INCOSE member as mentor.....:)

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1985 has been sponsored by Boeing, I'm not sure for how long, but I believe that we were sponsored by them in 2008, I don't know for sure though.