Send me an e-mail to
steve.rourke@gm.com. When I get to work on Monday, I'll return your message with a copy of the PowerPoint presentation we made last October to the District School Board of Niagara. It has everything from soup to nuts in it, and we were able to scoop $24,000 annually from the board's budget for future growth of FIRST in the region. Make sure you bring lots of people with you to show support -- we had over 100 students and parents attend. We also had the students make the presentation, and they also drove the robot around the astounded trustees. Showing lots of shiny medals, trophies, and banners plays out well with administrators. End by showing them a video of the competiton. If you don't have a good quality video, here's a link to one from the GTR last year that we used (produced by a student on Team 1114 Simbotics):
http://niagarafirst.org (then follow the video link on the top left corner of the page -- it's a big file, so be patient)
-Steve