|
Re: Pros and Cons of the Championship Event.
I like the way that you are thinking. FIRST could ask additional questions for the Chairman's and EI award, asking teams how they would use the grant money to further expand the STEM initiative.
Another idea would be to offset the national registration costs for the Chairman winners or allow them to go free.
I too have had these same kind of thoughts. Going to the championship costs our team roughly $20,000 for flight, hotel and registration fees. Fortunately our team only needs to come up with 1/2 the costs but that is still a chunk of change.
For us, we will only attend if we get there by winning an award and we have the reserve funds already. Going into debt doesn't work for us.
This year we will be having most team members attending the workshops. It is easier to justify the experience if these prove to be worthwhile.
Great thread, I look forward to the replies.
__________________
C.O.R.E. Community Of Robotic Engineers
2015 Wisconsin Regional Champs, Safety Award
2015 Midwest Regional Champs, Safety Award, Industrial Controls Award
2014 Midwest Regional Judges Award
2013 Lake Superior Champs
2012 World Championship Safety Award, World Finalist for the Autodesk Award
2011 Wisconsin Regional - Website Award 10,000 Lakes - Innovation in Control, Safety Award
2010 World Championship - Archimedes Semi-Finalists -World Finalist for the Autodesk Award
2010 10,000 Lakes Regional Champs, Entrepreneurship Award; Wisconsin Regional- Entrepreneurship Award, Safety Award
2009 WI Regional- Quality Award, Safety Award 10,000 Lakes - Safety Award, Motorola Quality Award, Animation Award
2008 World Championship Safety Award
2008 Wisconsin Regional Champs, Safety Award
2008 St. Louis Regional Entrepreneurship Award, Safety Award, Website Award
2007 Wisconsin Regional All-Star Rookie Award
|