[EricRobodox]

Last year, my first year in high school and in FIRST, RoboDox barely got by paying 6k to enter. We barely squeezed by with what we had, and then the student counsol, not the school, chipped in so that we could go to a regional. This year, i did not want to be a close call like last year, and i made a policy of every person needs to get 250 dollars to be in robotics second semester for the FIRST program. It worked this year, extremely well. We actually have enough money to enter next year as well and go to nationals next year if the policy works again. Now, I did not just say, "every pays 250 or no go". I gave fundraising opportunities to the team so that they would not have to pay. If they did not fundraise, they had to pay. It was there choice, but there was always the option of them paying less or not even at all with fundraising. So, maybe create a policy that i came up with, maditory fee to be in the class/club, but use fundraisers as a way to lower the fee. We also established that if a larger fundraiser, like a Laser Tag event for the team, and a person worked, the profits that we got from that whole team event would be spread up evenly per work hour eveyone did. That money/hour system then deducted off everyone's 250. So, an event fundraiser and something like candy can keep costs down for people that cant pay the money. If you want to know more, just IM me on AIM at LAGuitaristGuru. Ill help you out.