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Re: FIRST Competition Entry Fee Increases for 2005

First I like to say that FIRST did a great job in getting this out to the teams now so we can plan on it. In the past FIRST wouldn't let you know until the last min.

Second we have been around a long time and we have seen them raise there prices before. and always people have to give there 2 cents about why.

This is what I can't understand. Why can a place like Bean town Bliz put on a great after market competition for only $250. The pits were better than UCF regionals. the thought of bringing in the robots like we did was the best I have ever seen at a competition.

I have read in the past about what FIRST what to put across to everybody. And how they want to make the show so much better. But what I have seen in the past 10 years is the same in the competition side. Maybe a little less now that there isn't a party after some of these regional.

If it is the cost of the kits that is going up then find lets pay more for that. but the cost of putting a competition on has gone up that much? Why should the cost for the national be more? The hotel cost always have been cheapper on your own. They deals FIRST comes up with are so much more for less sometimes.

If the cost of getting a place like the GA dome is that much more then find every team pays the same that want to go. Don't say by paying more for the national the hotel cost will be less.

Let the entry fee for the first regional be the big cost then have the Nationals be a lot less. You are not getting parts, only a place to play. I would thinkt the cost of the parts would be much more.


So to do 1 regional and the National the entry fees would be $11,000. If FIRST does not think that is a lot of money then they better go back to the drawing board. You are talking about high schools. Yes there are companys out there that would love to help and pay but htose are becoming far and few.

I would like to here from teams that the mentor/teacher has been around for 10 or more years. these are the people that have put in the time and heart into FIRST. Becuase I here these other people talk about how hard it is and how much time they have spent, try doing that over ten years and still keep going. We always go through this hardship. about money. I almost didn't have a team becuase of money and how well we have gotten the word out. there are more teams with a 15 mile of our school that take up a lot of our resourses.


This is not the FIRST time they have raised the money and it will not be the last time. I just hope FIRST goes out and Makes the world know who FIRST is, so it would be easier to go out and get money.
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