[JB987]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

My suggestion would be to try and find out if any of FIRST's major supporters have major conventions in LV. If they do... they might be able to put some pressure on local concerns regarding supporting the FIRST Regional.

If LV were to drop a big convention... it could cost them millions in revenue.
Supporting FIRST is such a small piece ....
Are there any big LV conventions that have a Tech orientation...you might be able to use that as a way for LV to see that this is good for them.

$100,000 in support is really a drop in the bucket for some of these venues.
I am not sure how to do it but trying to find a way of appealing to any kinds of tech things that happen there might be an idea.

There are many major tech related conventions and we have pitched support for our regional many times. My team is usually the team that attends and represents local robotics efforts and FIRST Nevada with demos and positive interaction with major companies present and the group putting on the shows hasn't born fruit yet (even with follow up of course). Minor support for our team has resulted a few times, but no luck getting support for our regional.

Starting to sound like I am defensive so I am going to back off on explanations for awhile. Everybody's suggestions have been and still are appreciated...keep up the sharing of ideas as something positive may come of the exchange of ideas!