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[shyra1353]

Originally Posted by Marygrace

Umm, I have a question, do you guys plan to go to Nats or any far away regionals because not only can mentors help with the robot and guiding the build season, but companys and buissnesses would respect an adults word more than a teenager from highschool. This could be just another factor you can point out. Unless everyone is willing to pay for their own ticket and regiristration, and hotel, ur gonna need sponsors.

nats is a dream for us .. but realistically it probably wont happen this year ... we are lucky enough to be only 15 minutes away approximately from the arena where the Canadian Regional is being held so we don't have to worry about hotels and plane tickets for that .. and yes businesses and companies do respect an adults word over a teenagers, but the stipulation for the team was that it would be student-run, however during phone calls, i do make sure the company knows that they can speak to our principal to make sure that we are actually a team