Thread: FIRST Competition Entry Fee Increases for 2005
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Re: FIRST Competition Entry Fee Increases for 2005
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Originally Posted by rforystek
May be easy for some teams, but this strikes me as quite and problem for ours. Some teams have the resources that 2000 isn't much, but teams like us have a difficult time raising 6000+ just to cover both our entry fee, and the costs to build the robot. Now we'll have to end up looking for a lot more money that really isn't that available. I'm very interested in why they actually increased the fee. Do they every have a cost breakdown of the entry fee?
Look here for the breakdown of last year's annual report. FIRST isn't Amazon....it can't run at a loss forever. Especially since it's a non-profit: donations are easier to pull off for a NP with good financials, since it shows that the organization is responsible and is using the money well.

As for fundraising troubles, PM me and I'd be happy to give you a hand
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