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Originally Posted by itsjustjon
Also, the fact that Regionals receive professional support from SRE speaks to the standards set by FIRST. I can only assume that SRE supports all Regional Events due to the fact that FIRST has a partnership with SRE to donate light set-ups and such to regional events.
Again, all this will be discussed on Sunday.
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One correction SRE does not donate light set ups and such to Regional events. Yes FIRST probably negotiates some good rates because of the volume of events, but the RD is responsible for raising the funds to cover the cost of SRE and often a 3rd party AV company and thus all of the functions that they perform. That cost is not insignificant from my understanding and is one of the cost savings associated with the District system. For DCMP we do use SRE and a 3rd party AV company.
The only significant difference in support that FIRST provides to Regionals that they do not to Districts is the transportation of the field, equipment and consumables. FIRST does cover the game specific elements, game pieces along with shipping those to the District's receiving warehouse along with the FMS and spare parts. The District gets to cover the cost of shipping the FMS and spare parts back to NH for reconfiguration for the next season.