16-12-2013, 01:18
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Centenary '18
AKA: Graham Maxwell
 FRC #1818 Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: Alexandria, LA
Posts: 535
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Re: FIRST Choice Sunday redux
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Originally Posted by EricH
Part of the district system is that the event costs are cut pretty solidly. Instead of renting an arena for 4 days, setting up full A/V equipment, etc, you rent a school gym for 3 days (which is cheaper, or tends to be) and use what happens to be there already for A/V, maybe bring in a projector or two with screens. That savings doesn't necessarily get passed on to the teams, but it sure helps the RDs out when fundraising--lower target per event (though there are more events...)
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Is this why 3rd and 4th event registration is only $500/$1000
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