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Re: FIRST Competition Entry Fee Increases for 2005

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Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher
"Power of the supplier" happens all the time....so much so that it's a textbook term (it's part of Porter's Five Forces). What's great about FIRST as opposed to a normal company is that we will actually see the difference this extra cash makes, whether it be in better service, nicer regionals, or whatever...they know that this increase means a lot of extra blood, sweat & tears to us and FIRST will make sure that we know that they appreciate it and that it is making the difference that they needed it to make.
I don't mean to be the pessimist, and I am not actually complaining, but considering the "streamlining" of regionals, as someone put it above, its more likely to believe that this increase is just to maintain the level then to raise it. Wether it be inflation or greater overheads due to a greater number of teams, costs are definitley rising.

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Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher
So, let's start being proactive about this. Can anyone put together something with past threads that concern fundraising techniques?
And feel free to put it in the how-to fund raise article on FIRSTwiki.
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