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Re: The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'

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Originally Posted by Jim Zondag View Post
FRC is too expensive, I think most of us agree. Comparted to a mainstream sport, the enrollment fees are many times higher. This is not something that we have been able to change (yet).
Yes and no.

2815's long been a two-events-and-go-from-there team. Right now, that means six hotel nights (check in Wednesday night, check out Saturday), four days with a bus, and $9,000 in registration. We will write grants until our hands wear out, sweat and freeze selling programs at USC football games, cohost SCRIW (I don't walk the next day), and so on and so forth to be able to pull that off.

Okay, so being able to watch the game after we wrap up sales is kinda fun...and we wouldn't put on SCRIW if we didn't think it was worth it...but you get the idea. It's hard!

Were we in Michigan, we're down to two hotel nights (if that), four bus days (if that), and $5,000 in registration.

If our area had the team population (and density) to pull districts off, I'd be jumping on that train quickly!
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor

93 events (more than will fit in a ChiefDelphi signature), 13 seasons, over 60,000 miles, and still on a mission from Bob.

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