[Jeremy Roberts]

Originally Posted by Rickertsen2

Wow.... we must have talked to the wrong person there. We are located near a lockheed plant so, we figured it was worth a try. We were told that they sponsor the FIRST competition at the regional level and were not in a position to contribute individual teams.

Whomever you spoke to spoke truthfully. That is the policy of the local Lockheed plant. Just about every team in GA goes to them for funds and they do not want to pick a single school and not help the others. They work with the Regional committee to provide funds for both the regional and championship event. They also provide funds (when available) to the committee to assist local GA teams with their registration and/or robot building. If funds are available the teams in need are contacted directly, informally interviewed by myself or the RD and then a decision is made on what the best way to help the team is.