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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Where you're located? Okay, I'll accept your word for it.
In certain other areas, it might not be. There are plenty of teams that don't have the abundance of local businesses and resources in the area. Be careful not to assume your situation applies to all other teams.
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Thanks for bringing that up! I've talked with lots of other mentors about raising money and we know how to do it. But we're not in a population dense area. The school district that gives us space to build in has a high school of about 400 students, for two towns. Last year, there was concern that if the school budget amendments were passed and a lower budget was set, they'd have to close the middle school. Not *a* middle school, but *the* middle school. Students attending that school would have to be absorbed into the elementary schools? The high school? Unclear. But it was a concern. That's how worried people are in the community about how much everything is costing them.
We can't charge dues because if we do, we have to pay (per use) for our build space at the middle school. Those are just the rules that they've set down; it has nothing to do with robotics.
I'm just giving these examples of the constraints that we face that other teams might not.
And I'm glad that NASA is willing to put the time into doing this! I'm sure it takes a ton of time to evaluate every application.