[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by Knufire

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.

It's probably still baking on what the financial model will end up as in Texas but I can only go on what I've been told by USFIRST and FIRST-in-Texas folks that actually have business cards with "FIRST" on it.

I do know for a fact, and I have the pricing sheet, that there's a new effort afoot to raise BIG TIME $$ from Texas corporate and large organizations where the checks go to FIRST-in-Texas and this effort is to lay the financial runway to convert to District Model.

ALL good stuff, but is evidence that the financial "checkbook" for Texas FRC (at least) is moving away from USFIRST to FIRST-in-Texas where I've been told FiT's revenue goals are in the millions of dollars annually.

--Michael Blake