[dtengineering]

Do you have a website for your team? It's not a big expense, but if you don't already have a site you can start building one now. We found that using "free" space from our school board didn't work out that well as they were not willing to give us free reign to install the forum and hosting software we wanted, so we went with a commercial hosting service.

Many teams have flags or banners, and you might want to think about your pit area. You may already have a team uniform or team shirt (that recognizes your sponsors, of course!) but you can think about how you want to organize that if you don't. One of the cool things about FRC is the work that goes in to the "look" of the events, and there are no time contstraints on when you can purchase, design, or build the stuff that will mean that you can help contribute to making your regional (and sponsors) look great. It is also fun to have some inexpensive "give aways" such as buttons to help promote your team at events and community presentations.

I know I'm only talking about a hundred dollars here, and a hundred there... but it adds up... and none of it is "game dependent" so you can actually commit to a lot of these decisions now.

Jason