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Re: FIRST has $8 Million?!? What did I miss?

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Originally Posted by Abwehr View Post
Does anyone think that - pragmatically speaking - the registration fee is a blessing in disguise for FIRST?

We all know that FIRST is growing by leaps and bounds each year, and that is WITH a $6000 registration fee. As it is, you sometimes get the feeling that the organization is being stretched too thin.

If the registration fee was less, how many more teams would there be? How would FIRST deal with the need for more infrastructure?

FIRST loves to grow - no doubt about it - and I'd even say that in my opinion they are growing a little too fast.

But the high cost of FIRST is, realistically, the only thing letting the organization mature at a somewhat reasonable rate.
As much as I agree with what you say, I feel that the cost of registration may be a little too pricey. Our school administrators, team parents, other random teachers and of course, the membership could not believe how expensive this program was...until I told them about NASA
I wish that registration for a second event would be half the cost of registration for the first event...but I guess I better just get working on a marketing strategy

Anyways, 8 Million Dollars is not an exorbitant amount of money to have in reserve.......

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