Best Sponsor Ever

[Carolyn Duncan]

Howdy Jordan, and welcome to the boards!
Congrats on the sponsorship, thats a huge thing to have. Fundraising is still good for all the reasons previously posted but also think of it this way, say the whole team gets together at nationals, err the championships, and you all are going to have dinner together team expense is nice. Or if you seed or get picked for the finals you can have an alliance dinner. Those are just nice things to do. But banking the money is really a good idea. Having cash flow for spieit type stuff is good to have once the robot is finnished. Free loaders, aka the florida club, are deffinately people you want to eliminate, they can be the biggest drain on team funds. Sometimes if sponsors see the florida club around they tend to question what their money is being used for. Other than that, make sure that everyone can get along, otherwise at 2 am the night before shipping, or any other night depending on how your team works, you guys could have problems. Also make sure students and adults get along well, sometimes there is a gap and it can get overlooked until competition time. Having rules set for competitions early is a VERY good idea. OK I think I've put in too much now. Have fun this year and enjoy everything.