Hi everyone,
This past weekend at the NYC regional, I had a nice conversation with Phil Torrone, senior editor of MAKE Magazine, who has attended the regional for the past few years and always posts great pictures of his time there. He is a big FIRST supporter and is always looking for ways to connect his magazine's readership with FIRST teams.
He was very excited to share a new fund-raising program that could go a long way towards making this relationship grow. Details can be found at:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...g_program.html
The basic idea is that teams receive a 50% share in any subscription to the magazine they sell. The top seller on a team receives a $50 gift card to the magazine's online store, Maker SHED.
I have always been very impressed with the content of the magazine - it is filled with projects, articles on hardware hacking, design, robotics, and interview with people doing innovative things in art, science, engineering and technology. The magazine is the print version of the blog of the same name, located at
http://www.makezine.com
This has the potential to raise some money for your team, as well as spread awareness of an excellent resource that might inspire you to try a few new things in your spare time.
Good luck to all teams in Week 3!
Evan