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Re: YMTC: Your state has set aside money for robotics...

Earmark it for grants of $10000 for FRC teams, $1500 for FTC/Vex teams.

The grants are either given out on a "first come, first serve basis" or a panel is established to determine those schools most in need of a grant to help their robotics program.

Providing enough money to cover the basic operating expenses of a smaller number of robotics teams to ensure their stability is (IMHO) more important than spreading the funding too thin among too many teams.
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