[PeterK]

Just to put a bit of perspective into this survey.

We (4537) are a community based team (students from 30 different schools) in Adelaide in South Australia. This means no school association.

Our Regionals are in Sydney, close to 1,400km away, not what can be called a short drive away.

We charge $250 per year for students and $100 per year for alumni (former members who graduated and study at uni but still take part in team activities).

Everyone pays their own travel (flights) and accommodation costs.

Without generous sponsorship of a number of companies and institutions we could not exist as annual fees are only a very small part of our expenses.

We also get to build robots in the middle of summer, in steel shed with no air con when air temperatures go over 40 degrees centigrade.