[maltz1881]

I was concerned about the teams who are in trouble as well. However the teams that I personally know that closed down, closed due to lack of student participation, not money. That doesn't mean that there aren't teams that closed due to lack of money, just that I don't know any personally.

In MI we were given this challenge months ago. Our team was successful in getting teams into schools surrounding us. As far as mentoring goes, yes we have to mentor and show up for some meetings and such. The teams we were able to get started however already have at least 1-4 engineers. Both schools are within 20 mins from us.

We are lucky in MI to have the system in place that we have. I know several other states are adopting portions of our system such as the bagging system.

My team had a budget of $1,500 last year so this will double it. I am grateful for this great opportunity not just for our team but the new teams as well.