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Re: [FVC]: Longer competitions

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Originally Posted by KathieK View Post
Custodians and other employees that may be "required" for an event can add dramatically to the cost factor. Electricians, building managers, safety personnel, etc. come to mind. Maybe a high school gym is large enough, I haven't laid it out to see.
In some places I suppose unions and what-not do create some red tape and expenses.

Here in Virginia, I know one middle school just paid for custodial and any similar services as a way to repay Lockheed Martin and other sponsors for many years of stong support of the school. This was for a PVL scrimmage.

Back in January a local high school did something very similar for a PVL scrimmage. If the custodial services came out of our scrimmage fees, then the services were pretty cheap (fees were $20 and less per robot for about 14 robots). I suspect that the school paid for the services out of the school's budget.

Both of the above used ordinary gymnasiums that had tons of room for a second field, if we had cared to set one up. I don't think that either was required to keep electricians, or fire & resucue services, or... on hand.

Back in December, the Virginia FVC Championship put 29? teams into a large middle school without anyone feeling crowded, and put two fields in the school gym. Contact Virginia's AP, Darlene Panteleo for more info about the expenses and floor plan.

So, I guess regional differences account for part of the expenses and I guess that anyone who hasn't yet; should maybe investigate using a high school, middle school or elementary school for their next FVC event. Find one that has benefited from the community service support of one of your event sponsors and see if you can't get some of the expenses waived.....

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