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Originally Posted by Andy L
A few questions
1. How much money does your team usually spend on a robot??
this includes tools you break or need new ones of, replacement parts, metal, practice robots, field, bolts, rivets, etc. etc.
NOT including shipping, competition entry fees, flying to comps
2. How much money does your team get from sponsors??
3. How much money do your team members donate to your team??
4. How many different services do you get from sponsors??
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I can't speak for this year, but last years numbers should be good for 1369:
1) $2000-2500
2-3) We normally go to two competitions (three last year) and normally because of our $$ situation the students have to pay about $100-150. It is difficult to say unfortunately because several of our sponsors have been parents themselves so there is a fine line on who is a teammate and who is a sponsor. Anywhere from $8000 to maximum one year was over $20,000
4) Tons, this is really where #1 fluctuates....we normally nickeled and dime that figured down depending on who was giving what that year. We have had: waterjet cutting, CNC/manual machining, laser cutting....depends on the year
Unfortunately for the low budget team that doesn't not have great finances every year is a brand new situation (kinda adds to the challenge). For some reason though the better we perform on the field the more money that pops up, and fast. I wish the two weren't linked, but that seems to be the case.
Personally I would think teams would like to be transparent about their accounting especially if they are some sort of registered organization at the state or federal level.