Florida FRC Funding

[MARS_James]

If any team who is eligible to take this grant doesn't I will be very upset, all it takes is sending one letter with two thank you cards in it. I hope there is a table at both regionals with a sign saying "Are you a Florida FRC Team? Want an easy $2000?" then there is preaddressed envelopes (stamps provided based on funding =P) so there is litterally 0 excuse.

This makes me happy for what it could mean down the road especially if (when) we go to districts, it could mean $3000 for veteran teams to do 2 their two districts which would be amazing.

[AlexD744]

Originally Posted by MARS_James

If any team who is eligible to take this grant doesn't I will be very upset, all it takes is sending one letter with two thank you cards in it. I hope there is a table at both regionals with a sign saying "Are you a Florida FRC Team? Want an easy $2000?" then there is preaddressed envelopes (stamps provided based on funding =P) so there is litterally 0 excuse.

This makes me happy for what it could mean down the road especially if (when) we go to districts, it could mean $3000 for veteran teams to do 2 their two districts which would be amazing.

So, I'm not the expert (if you know Lauren, she handled a lot of the policy stuff), but because of the way the money was allocated, it is only guaranteed for this year. However, that being said, we are hoping that since the ball is now moving on this, it will be easier to secure funding in the future (and hopefully more!). But that's part of the reason why the thank you notes are so important!

I believe an email about this was sent to team leads some weeks ago, so hopefully everyone knows, but make sure to spread the word, just in case!

[tjwolter]

Wisconsin is sort of jumping on the bandwagon. This year there is a one year only matching grant for robotics teams. Not just FRC, other high school level programs qualify as well. Matches up to 5K which could come in very handy.

Alas, our team is out of luck. FIRST is OK with an 8th grader on the team but the grant is written in a way that makes it a deal breaker for us on that account. Hopefully it proves popular enough that it comes back next year.

sigh.

TW