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Originally Posted by cbale2000
I don't think anyone's arguing that District registration fees aren't a better value than regionals, just that in the particular case of Ontario the total cost for initial registration will be higher with districts than it is with the current regional system.
When most regions move to districts, they maintain the standard registration fee associated with the previous regional system (~$5000). Out of curiosity, what was the rational for Ontario to raise the price beyond that? IMO it makes it much easier to sell districts if the only additional cost is travel expenses due to attending an additional event (or an overall cost savings if your team previously went to 2 events anyways).
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The cost to register last year was $5000 USD for one regional. (And unfortunately last November when our fees were due our dollar was at its worst in a long time against the USD, at about 70 cents.)
The cost to register for Ontario districts is said to be "around $7500 CAD". This is a bit more than $5000 USD converted to Canadian funds at today's rates (which would sit closer to $6500). We will be paying in Canadian dollars and FIRST Canada will assume any risk of fluctuations in the currency.
So, either they've made a slight increase to absorb some of the risk and expense, or the $7500 figure will be adjusted to account for the actual conversion rate closer to the time fees are due. They've said to expect some variance and that $7500 is not a hard figure, so maybe this is much ado over nothing?