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Re: Parts and "Stuff" list, any help is good help
- A practice field (some fraction of the full field)
- A build season workshop that won't get locked during bad weather
- A domain name and a couple of computers connected to the world through proper security, and by an ISP that allows them to used as "servers"
- A trailer to carry the robot and pit equipment to demos at the sponsor's site
- A shipping crate
- Big sheets of whiteboard material and a million whiteboard pens
- A bus (rented) to take the team to each big event
- Several Vex/Tetrix kits to practice and learn on during the off-season
- A KOP from last year to practice with before this year's build season
- A trip to (mentor recruiting, software, robot building, business model, etc.) workshops held by other FIRST folks
- A large LCD to put over or at the front of your pit for telling your team's story and for CAD/design discussions when at home
- Shirts/hats/etc.
- Funding for a team lock-in or other team-building exercises
- Funding for powder-coating the robot
- Banners and signs
And ... A few simple tools for building two, dead simple, but consistent/predictable, rugged robots - One to ship, one to practice with
Blake
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