[ECDU]: CHAT 7/21

[Corey Balint]

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PooPsHoOt893 (10:55:48 PM): hey all
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Howl571 (10:56:07 PM): so wut u guys wanna talk about tonight?
PooPsHoOt893 (10:56:21 PM): hmm-i put up a layout for the site on the forum
PooPsHoOt893 (10:56:28 PM): if anyone wants to check that out
Howl571 (10:56:33 PM): ya it looked good
PooPsHoOt893 (10:56:37 PM): i also posted a possible logo on the forum too
Crebber (10:57:00 PM): how do i find it on cs?
Crebber (10:57:07 PM): cd*
PooPsHoOt893 (10:57:14 PM): go to the ECDU part
PooPsHoOt893 (10:57:18 PM): under first related orgs
Crebber (10:57:26 PM): ohh
PooPsHoOt893 (10:57:31 PM): then find the thread with titled logo
PooPsHoOt893 (10:57:36 PM): its like around the 15th post there i think
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Howl571 (10:58:11 PM): so we seem to have our motto pretty much established
PooPsHoOt893 (10:58:17 PM): ya
PooPsHoOt893 (10:58:27 PM): im leaving it up there to vote on though
PooPsHoOt893 (10:58:32 PM): although i doubt it changes
Howl571 (10:58:38 PM): k
PooPsHoOt893 (10:58:47 PM): and bharat did start to do some stuff for the website
PooPsHoOt893 (10:58:56 PM): we are basing it off of our team domain
PooPsHoOt893 (10:59:02 PM): for now at least
PooPsHoOt893 (10:59:17 PM): just to have one done
Howl571 (10:59:28 PM): k cool
LinkinMan8 (10:59:44 PM): i gtg guys night
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PooPsHoOt893 (11:00:18 PM): i had a feeling it was gonna be slow tonite
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Howl571 (11:00:30 PM): next maybe we should work on organizing some presentation or email to send to possible sponsors
PooPsHoOt893 (11:00:48 PM): ya
Howl571 (11:01:35 PM): ne1 here do fundraising for their team?
PooPsHoOt893 (11:01:48 PM): im like about to lol
PooPsHoOt893 (11:01:57 PM): we are approaching pepsi and puma possibly
PooPsHoOt893 (11:02:02 PM): so we have stuff in the works
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Howl571 (11:02:47 PM): are we gonna forget lexus and ideas like that then? i dont think we need a huge number of sponsors
PooPsHoOt893 (11:03:04 PM): well
PooPsHoOt893 (11:03:06 PM): not sure
PooPsHoOt893 (11:03:11 PM): we will approach a big name sponsor
PooPsHoOt893 (11:03:15 PM): they have more money to throw around
PooPsHoOt893 (11:03:36 PM): my own team is going after pepsi and puma
Howl571 (11:03:42 PM): o i c
PooPsHoOt893 (11:04:10 PM): im sure we will get some amount of money
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nohurlingonme92 (11:04:14 PM): yoooooo
PooPsHoOt893 (11:04:16 PM): just not sure how much
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:04:18 PM): sup meyers
Howl571 (11:05:11 PM): how much do u think we'll need for ecdu?
PooPsHoOt893 (11:05:16 PM): well it all depends
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:05:23 PM): id say 2 g's is a good start
PooPsHoOt893 (11:05:34 PM): say we do the woody flowers award-should we give em a scholarship
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:05:40 PM): t shirts, pins, bandanas and ne other items
Howl571 (11:05:48 PM): hopefully scholarships
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:05:48 PM): worry about scholarships after we're off the ground
PooPsHoOt893 (11:05:52 PM): ya
nohurlingonme92 (11:06:05 PM): yeaaah
PooPsHoOt893 (11:06:05 PM): i think to start-all we need is a grand
PooPsHoOt893 (11:06:09 PM): just to make the pins
PooPsHoOt893 (11:06:10 PM): and make shirts
nohurlingonme92 (11:06:14 PM): i wanna go on tour
PooPsHoOt893 (11:06:15 PM): and get our name out there
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:06:18 PM): i think we'd wanna b organized and junk b4 we go gung ho into gettin scholarships?
PooPsHoOt893 (11:06:59 PM): ya
Howl571 (11:07:07 PM): ya but if we ask for money from a company they may want to know how much they're gonna give us yearly/in the long run
PooPsHoOt893 (11:07:07 PM): but we are almost organized
PooPsHoOt893 (11:07:13 PM): ya
PooPsHoOt893 (11:07:25 PM): all we really have to worry about now is the money
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:07:26 PM): well we can say we want a certain amount to begin with
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:07:33 PM): and we'll see from there
PooPsHoOt893 (11:07:37 PM): thats wrong though
Howl571 (11:07:39 PM): but we do need to expand ECDU to as many teams as possible esp. in offseason events
PooPsHoOt893 (11:07:41 PM): u cant tell a company how much u want
PooPsHoOt893 (11:07:46 PM): they tell u how much they will give
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:07:49 PM): well we see how much they give us
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:07:49 PM): yea
nohurlingonme92 (11:08:02 PM): can we tour the east coast
Howl571 (11:08:05 PM): lol u see how new i am at fundraising
PooPsHoOt893 (11:08:17 PM): lol
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:08:20 PM): lol
PooPsHoOt893 (11:08:24 PM): we can get it done fine ithink
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:08:27 PM): yea meyers lets buy a tour bus
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:08:27 PM): haha
PooPsHoOt893 (11:08:37 PM): im sure we can get a company to shell out 5k
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:08:39 PM): yea
nohurlingonme92 (11:08:45 PM): lol
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:08:46 PM): if we get a nice sized company
Howl571 (11:08:52 PM): esp big rich car companies
PooPsHoOt893 (11:08:54 PM): i think we set aside 1.5 and use it for our stuff-like pins and all
nohurlingonme92 (11:09:00 PM): mercedes
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:09:00 PM): benz, lexus, bmw, bentley
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:09:05 PM): rolls
PooPsHoOt893 (11:09:07 PM): then we set aside around 2.5ish for scholarships
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:09:08 PM): lol
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:09:11 PM): yea
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Howl571 (11:09:33 PM): and 1 g to be split up among us just becuz
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:09:42 PM): lol
PooPsHoOt893 (11:09:43 PM): lol
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:09:47 PM): that works
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:09:47 PM): haha
PooPsHoOt893 (11:09:51 PM): i think with the extra money
PooPsHoOt893 (11:09:55 PM): we would just save it for next year
PooPsHoOt893 (11:10:04 PM): and give out an extra scholarship
PooPsHoOt893 (11:10:13 PM): like me goal is to get 3/4 scholarships going
Howl571 (11:10:20 PM): ya that'd be good, but we do have to see how much we can get
PooPsHoOt893 (11:10:24 PM): ya
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:10:26 PM): yea
nohurlingonme92 (11:10:35 PM): tour
nohurlingonme92 (11:10:36 PM): tour
nohurlingonme92 (11:10:37 PM): tour
nohurlingonme92 (11:10:38 PM): tour
nohurlingonme92 (11:10:39 PM): toyr
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:10:40 PM): we're talkin big money here...we mite not get all of it from one industry
nohurlingonme92 (11:10:44 PM): tour*
PooPsHoOt893 (11:10:57 PM): ya
PooPsHoOt893 (11:11:03 PM): but some places might not like if we double it
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:11:08 PM): we can hit honda and get a free rice rocket :-)
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:11:09 PM): lol
PooPsHoOt893 (11:11:16 PM): say we get Benz-they still might not want another company in there
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:11:20 PM): thats true
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:11:28 PM): well that mite intimidate them to put up more cash
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:11:36 PM): so we stick with them
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:11:39 PM): no wut i mean?
PooPsHoOt893 (11:11:49 PM): they wont though
PooPsHoOt893 (11:11:54 PM): they could care less really
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:11:58 PM): basically
PooPsHoOt893 (11:12:01 PM): the one thing about a big company
PooPsHoOt893 (11:12:09 PM): esp a car company-we are just kids
PooPsHoOt893 (11:12:14 PM): we arent gonna buy a benz
Howl571 (11:12:18 PM): more than one industry - we wudnt have Lexus and Benz in there - it'd be like Benz and hershey or sumthin else in a random catagory
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:12:40 PM): exactly
PooPsHoOt893 (11:12:43 PM): ya
Howl571 (11:12:46 PM): then they wudnt be as worried about competition
PooPsHoOt893 (11:13:08 PM): i think its best if we go for a kid targeted company
PooPsHoOt893 (11:13:17 PM): if we stick with cars-maybe honda or vq
PooPsHoOt893 (11:13:18 PM): vw
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:13:23 PM): and how i see it, we aren't just kids...if we go looking for sponsors, and we are formal and professional companies will think higher
PooPsHoOt893 (11:13:38 PM): but-i think going after say...skateboarding or athletic wear
PooPsHoOt893 (11:13:44 PM): they will
nohurlingonme92 (11:13:49 PM): toys r us!!!!!!!!!
PooPsHoOt893 (11:13:59 PM): but still there job is to know what to use and what not to
PooPsHoOt893 (11:14:08 PM): they see 20000 kids-how is that gonna help them out
PooPsHoOt893 (11:14:17 PM): with a car company
PooPsHoOt893 (11:14:18 PM): it doesnt
PooPsHoOt893 (11:14:22 PM): with say Nike
PooPsHoOt893 (11:14:25 PM): its amazing
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HaRDCoRe2xtrEmEs (11:15:14 PM): ?
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PooPsHoOt893 (11:15:30 PM): hey
Howl571 (11:15:31 PM): we are discussing sponsors
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Specialagentjim (11:15:40 PM): heyas
monsieurcoffee (11:15:43 PM): Hello
PooPsHoOt893 (11:15:49 PM): hey
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PooPsHoOt893 (11:15:55 PM): sponsor ideas
PooPsHoOt893 (11:16:03 PM): if u guys think of anything-just say it
PooPsHoOt893 (11:16:25 PM): we are trying to think with what kind of company we are best off going after
Howl571 (11:16:46 PM): the Nike idea sounds good but really besides advertising wut wud they care about a robotics team?
Howl571 (11:17:03 PM): we wud want somebody that at least somewhat cared about wut we
Howl571 (11:17:09 PM): r doing
PooPsHoOt893 (11:17:17 PM): ya-but who would be
nohurlingonme92 (11:17:24 PM): wow!
PooPsHoOt893 (11:17:24 PM): that is willing to shell out a lot of money
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:17:25 PM): how about a computer company...not even like a name brand...like a case manufacturer like Antec or sumthing...theres lots of computer freaks in the FIRST world
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:17:27 PM): me being one of them
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:17:28 PM): lol
Crebber (11:17:39 PM): ati? graphics card company
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:17:44 PM): there ya go
nohurlingonme92 (11:17:47 PM): y callin me a freak
PooPsHoOt893 (11:17:55 PM): possibly
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:17:55 PM): antec, ati, Nvidia
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:17:57 PM): AMD
PooPsHoOt893 (11:18:09 PM): but its gotta be something bigger though-they will give more money
PooPsHoOt893 (11:18:16 PM): a small company would like to be a sponsor
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:18:19 PM): those are all big companies bro
PooPsHoOt893 (11:18:21 PM): but they may not have th emoney
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:18:28 PM): amd is huge
PooPsHoOt893 (11:18:33 PM): ya-but like 100 million plus
Biga5872 (11:18:40 PM): nvidia just made some money off me
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:18:50 PM): amd got my cash...thats wut im runnin rite now lol
Howl571 (11:19:13 PM): y not big name brands? how bout sony or ibm?
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:19:19 PM): we can go after that too
PooPsHoOt893 (11:19:26 PM): Linux-hell they are a becoming huge
PooPsHoOt893 (11:19:34 PM): if we use them-we can spawn off there rise
Specialagentjim (11:19:36 PM): lin...ux?
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:19:42 PM): lets call up bill gates for microsoft
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:19:43 PM): lol
PooPsHoOt893 (11:19:45 PM): lol
PooPsHoOt893 (11:19:55 PM): u r right though
PooPsHoOt893 (11:20:08 PM): a company with huge ties in computers-would love it
monsieurcoffee (11:20:28 PM): i must go do work
monsieurcoffee (11:20:30 PM): bye
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