Thanks to all who have responded.
Hope some others can find some ideas or get jump started on the non profit support as we have had since 2010.
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Originally Posted by D_Price
If I may ask why? Just out of curiousity.
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Derek,
Short answer: just wanting to see what others are doing to support their program and maybe have some ideas shared that others might check out.
Long answer below with more explanation:
I am the lead of our robotics program here at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas. I am also the lead contact/teacher for robotics within our school district.
FRC 2468 Team Appreciate is our FRC team and we have 6 FTC teams at the high school.
Westlake is a single high school district with feeder elementary and middle schools. We have experienced growth not only at the high school but at the middle and elementary schools. WESTA is our 501(c)3 non profit for our robotics program and was officially established in 2010. It would be impossible for us to be functional as a team and program without WESTA.
I am having conversations with our district administration about our program on a variety of fronts including new building we move into next Fall, additional building space for the future to hopefully include field space for FTC and FRC, new staff and funding. The administration is fully aware of WESTA and its support.
I ask because I am always looking at what others might be doing that we are not. Not more to the request than to get names of teams and non profits that are working together for us to look at.
In addition, I believe that this kind of thread may raise some interest of some other teams to begin to look at a non profit to assist their program.
Thanks
Norman