Too late for 2004?

[WakeZero]

Originally posted by KenWittlief
I think you would be in way over your head trying to start a new team while you are a freshman in college.

The whole freshman comment was a little over the top. It depends on a lot of different factors. I would like to point out that several of us from the Gila Monsters started 1011 as Freshman in college with great success.

The first step is to get your college to recognize you as a club. This requires university members, so if it is only you right now then you may want to consider waiting until next year, while building up interest this year.

The second step is to start approaching local High Schools and set up presentations. Jump on the ones that are excited and get them involved!

From there, it's all about fundraising and finding corporate sponsorship. Write letters to EVERYONE to get support, and have the students do any type of fundraising you can think of. If you manage to get enough money, great, sign up for a regional and build a robot!

I have some letters we used to get support for our team last year, pm me an e-mail address and I can send those to you so you can get an idea on how it is done