Sorry for the thread revival, but an update on the fate of Team 4183:
Up until a little more than two weeks ago, we planned on being a community team. Our money would go through a nonprofit organization run by one of our mentors and we would build at this mentor's house. We have been fairly successful so far this season, as we have raised enough money to attend two regional events and recruited about 17 members, mostly from BASIS, but also from other Tucson schools. We are in the process of forming a dedicated robotics nonprofit that should be ready for next season.
However, we recently received a generous offer from Palo Verde High Magnet School, an engineering magnet school. This year, they are starting a new FRC team and they invited us to build and collaborate with them. The two teams will share two classrooms, a storage space, and probably the school's machine shop. This arrangement will also allow us to use tax credit donations to buy parts. I expect this arrangement will be very beneficial to both teams involved, as we will be able to work with Palo Verde to help both of us build more successful robots.
So basically, the story of 4183 so far ends with a
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