[Jimmy Nichols]

I was the FIRST Senior Mentor last year. They do not have a new Senior Mentor. I now concentrate my efforts to help FRC state-wide in Ohio.

Originally Posted by matthewdenny

There aren't a lot of businesses here to start with and very rarely can we convince one to sponsor us, and those sponsorships on on the scale of ($25-50).

20 $50 sponsors is $1000. This can add up. You can try some traditional fund-raisers as well, candy, flowers, etc. We have raised nearly $1000 over the last month after 6 individual demos where we sold candy and demo'ed our robots.

Originally Posted by matthewdenny

1. Is there any obvious solutions for funding that we are missing that you see?

Read above, traditional school-type fundraisers, NASA grant, there is a seperate grant for going to Buckeye for teams. At Queen City we do not have any grants, yet, for teams attending.

Originally Posted by matthewdenny

2. Should we register for an event, despite uncertainty on being able to eventually pay for it?

YES! Go ahead and register for an envent. You do not need to confirm payment until early December and even at that FIRST will work with you on payment if you miss that deadline.

Originally Posted by matthewdenny

3. If we can't afford the season what do we have to do? Do we inform someone, is there forms, etc?

You do not need to inform anyone, although I would recommend following the game, working through design attending an event, volunteering, etc.

Originally Posted by matthewdenny

4. Can we not register for an event, or kickoff, and still build a robot and compete in pre/post season scrimmages.

You cant, but you will not receive this years Kit-of-Parts, you would need to use last years parts.

Originally Posted by matthewdenny

5. Would we be able to restart our team next year if funding came through? Would we have the same team number?

Yes you would be able to restart the team and keep the same team number.