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Money talks
Posted by Mike McIntyre.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Coach on team #1, Juggernaut, from Oakland Technical Center Northeast and 3 Dimensional Services.
Posted on 10/16/2000 1:30 AM MST
In Reply to: My read... posted by Joe Johnson on 10/15/2000 7:42 PM MST:
The GLR lost a big chunk of change last year; with a $170K grant from the state this year(earmarked for 'statewide' initiatives), the planners felt compelled to present FIRST as a phenomena greater than greater-Detroit; the tobacco settlement that financed the grant (and the administration that funneled some of it toward FIRST) will not be around after next year, so I think a return to metro Detroit is likely. All calculations involve $$$ at some level; also realize that many venues have union constraints that would keep FIRST out. For example, when we demonstrated our robot at Cobo Hall in Detroit a few years ago, we were not allowed to roll the crated robot in and out ourselves: a union member had to push it for us. FIRST relies on a small army of volunteers to keep costs down and some unions won't allow nonunion folks to work within their job descriptions.
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