Check out Bill's Blog entry from this morning. New fee structure for the 2010 games:
http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2009/08/hot-news.html
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Hot News
Good Morning Teams,
I am very excited to announce that, thanks to cost cutting, the reuse of key items in the control system, a generous donation from Dean Kamen and careful planning on the part of everyone involved with FRC, the 2010 registration fee will be REDUCED this year to $5000 for Veteran teams and $5500 for Rookie teams.
Here’s how it works. Veteran teams will receive a kit of parts and reuse some of the elements from the 2009 control system. Rookie teams will receive a kit of parts containing everything in a Veteran kit of parts plus the reusable elements Veteran teams already have on hand. The official cost to Rookie teams will be $6500; however, Dean Kamen has generously offered to make a $1000 donation to FIRST for each Rookie team joining in 2010. That money will be applied to the Rookie team’s registration fee reducing the real cost to the team to $5500.
All kits of parts will include a Classmate PC for use in the driver’s station and teams will have the option to purchase additional reusable components after kickoff.
The registration fee for teams to attend additional FRC events and the FIRST Championship will remain the same as last year.
157 days until the 2010 Kickoff
See you there!
Posted by Bill at 10:10 AM