[Dr.Gusta]

So team 5107 is in the process of planning an offseason event in the Inland Empire (Assault on the Empire). We have almost secured the location (Upland High School) for July 18-20th and we are trying to use this as a fundraiser for the team so food will be sold, raffles held and t-shirts sold. We are making good progress but are going to have a hell of a time making the money to ship the field. AndyMark is about 2,000 miles away so 4,000 round trip and $2.00 a mile that figures to $8,000 in just shipping! If we can expect 40 teams at $200 each comes out to $8,000 which would be spent in just getting the field here.We know we can make a wooden field for $2,000 but we feel like it will lower the quality of our event and we would be stuck with a field. Is there an event possibly taking place closer to us that we can ship the field from there? Thoughts? Ideas?