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Originally Posted by Kleiman
You are suggesting that we pay an additional $2500 plus the cost of travel and hotel and if we qualify for regionals we simply say no and end our season?
Possible, but not as easy a sell as you imply.
I also just read your other post, and it is surprising to me that you don't think $2500 is a prohibitive amount to raise on top of our operating costs. It is as if you ignored the fact too that we are talking about $4000 of added cost just to participate plus the added cost of travel and hotels. So yes, it is prohibitive. You may also be interested to know that this would be our 3rd season meaning that it is the first year that our rookie grant money expires. We made a sustainable fundraising plan for an annual budget of roughly $2500. That would have been enough to play at one Toronto regional with the gracious support of the TDSB. If we qualified for St. Louis, we would have had to earn our way there.
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I assume Adam is ignorant to the financial situation of your greater Toronto area school considering he lives in California. The variables surrounding the capacity to raise an additional $2500 over the course of the year for Adam's program may be easier than where you live. I'm not going to pretend if it is or not because I live in Virginia.
I also would be remiss to point out that I am not aware of many people in the FRC community that believes a team can operate with under $7500 of revenue in the first place. I hope that this is not an illusion that people are telling new and potential teams. Most teams in the United States receive money for their programs with a large amount of corporate sponsorship because of the high coasts of participating in FRC.