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Actually, in the past it's cost $10. But the Black Eyed Peas concert was free!
Wait, just to go see the matches? Last year you could just walk into the America Center...
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Re: Karthik & 1114: Effective FIRST Strategies 2012
I am lobbying to get some of our team members into this particular seminar..and I see a few others that look really interesting.

Just wondering why FIRST is charging such a high cost? Rental of the facility? Presenters fees?

Our team had a hard enough time scraping together the money to get to St. Louis. Would love to have a dozen or more of the team attend some of these... but we're talking several hundred more dollars that we don't have. You think they could give a discount to Regional Winners?
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I am lobbying to get some of our team members into this particular seminar..and I see a few others that look really interesting.

Just wondering why FIRST is charging such a high cost? Rental of the facility? Presenters fees?
I can assure you, this presenter and all others, are receiving no compensation for their presentations.
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I can assure you, this presenter and all others, are receiving no compensation for their presentations.
I didn't think so either.

It would be nice if they had more of a discount for multiple team members or student discounts?
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I asked FIRST about the fees in the past. The fees help offset the costs of the rooms the av the sound etc. none of that is cheap.

The fee is small. And it also has a side benefit in that teams will limit how many attend. This way the room is full with 4 people from 50 teams instead of 50 people from 4 teams. More teams get the info and can share it.
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Wait, just to go see the matches? Last year you could just walk into the America Center...
It has never cost money to watch the matches.
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Wait, just to go see the matches? Last year you could just walk into the America Center...
I was referring to conferences like this one, which have at least in the past cost money to attend.
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