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Originally Posted by Michael Blake
Norman... I asked _when_ we convert to _DISTRICT MODEL_... which should happen next season or the next after that at the latest, doesn't ALL the money from the FRC team registration fees and Texas FRC sponsors get paid to and remain with FIRST-in-Texas to operate itself and the competitions minus an annual fee FiT pays to USFIRST as a "franchise/license" fee?
I could be wrong on this, but I'm going on what I've been told by those who should know...
--Michael Blake
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In most district models, the $5000 registration fees by teams goes straight to FIRST HQ. $1000/team is then regranted from FIRST HQ back to the district organization.
PNW pioneered a new funding model this past year for several reasons, but even in the PNW model, the same amount of money is sent to FIRST HQ. What you are suggesting sounds similar to the PNW model, and it is possible that FiT is trying to adopt this funding model right away. More information about this model can be found here:
http://pnwfirst.org/wp/files/Funding...-Northwest.pdf
When someone (in or out of state) wants to play an addition district event, that $1000 registration fee goes directly towards the district organization.