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Re: Registration 2011

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Originally Posted by Karthik View Post
Blake,

Isn't this based on an assumption that regional registration fees actually go to the regionals? Last time I checked the registration fees went to program costs and the KOP. Regionals traditionally don't see any of that money and are reliant on their own local fundraising.
Understood

I wasn't trying to give a complete answer. I just wanted to offer a useful but very rough figure for the costs of the regionals. That seemed reasonable in a thread about team registrations. A complete answer would definitely also be a complicated answer.

There is some useful info about FIRST income/expenses in the thread that constains this post. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...90&postcount=5 There is also some grumpiness there (the switch from Vex to Tetrix parts was happening at roughly the samel time).

But, back to the central topic, let's not drive this thread into the ditch with side discussions about the the implications of the statistics Mark is reporting here (and "Yes", I realize I'm guilty). Just seeing the stats is interesting enough on its own. I recommend reading and then adding to existing/previous threads if you want to do discuss those implications.

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