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Originally Posted by ElvisMom

Winnovation does not charge a membership fee. As a school supported activity, students are required to pay the extracurricular fee ($75, I think). We also ask each family to raise a minimum of $200 by participating in team fundraisers, soliciting sponsors, or writing a check. There are ample opportunities to raise these funds through team activities.

Team funds typically pay for one team shirt, transportation and rooming for in-season competition, provided students meet their academic requirements, participation (hours) requirement, and fundraising requirement. Students cover their food at competition. Off-season events cost is distributed among participants (e.g, hotel room, transportation).

Similarly..
When I ran the team, and even before that, we/they charged an "entry fee" to help offset team costs and to show member commitment. It started out at 60.00 but it went up to 75.00.

That as well as an expected amount of fundraising effort to be able to travel to competitions. We would remind the offenders that they haven't "earned" enough money and gave them (and everyone else) extra opportunities to earn money. Sometimes, they would simply have to "write a check" to be able to go to competition, to be fair to everyone else who did all their fundraising. We would have a deadline of December so we could confirm hotels and other travel arrangements.

I suspect that is how the current Advisors' are continuing to do it, very effective.