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Originally Posted by k4r3n2
My team is interested in starting up an FLL program at our local middle schools, but we're concerned about the cost factor in registering teams. We don't have enough money to afford to pay the registration fee for all of the kids that may want to be involved, nor do we want to pay $600 to sign up kids that aren't really interested. We have had some ideas to gauge the interest of the kids, such as hosting a mini-tournament sometime during the beginning of the school year where the winners get to join an FLL team paid for by our sponsors, but I was wondering how your teams deal with paying for the kids, making sure they're interested etc. etc.
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I would encourage you to start by contacting your local affiliate partners for FLL in your state. (I am guessing you are in WI but would be great if you could add your state after "Deerfield"
http://www.usfirst.org/contact.aspx?id=3016
How FLL tournaments are planned and run is left up to the local committees. There may be a group in your area that would already be a great resource for you. I get calls and emails every week from people that want to start/join a team and we have worked out a system here to give them the information they need to move forward. I would guess it is the same in your geographic area. They may already know of interest in your area.
Keep in mind that registration open May 1 and will close late Aug/early Sept. FIRST will be capping growth this year. If these are school-based teams, you want to work out the details
before the end of school.
Hope this helps!