[EricH]

I do believe your numbers are correct (as is your terminology--that is likely what threw a lot of us off previously).

And I actually think that your operating cost is now $4500 CAD--add in your current costs to the registration fee. I'll assume that--for a couple of years or so--you don't attend the DCMP (there's nothing saying that invite = attendance).

At current rates, that's about 3500 USD. That could be raised fairly easily by some of the team's I've been on--one big fundraiser and a couple of smaller ones would do it--but others would struggle.

I think it's a manageable increase to deal with, at least while you build a deeper sponsor base. Phase 1: Contact current sponsors and advise them of your situation ("We are changing playing models next year, we'll be doing two events, it's going to cost us more") and ask them for a modest increase to help. Phase 2: Look for new sponsors. Phase 3: Fundraisers (done alongside Phase 2). Phase 4: Any family members want to help out?