**FIRST EMAIL**/Announcing the 2nd Annual FIRST Robotics Conference

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09-03-2005, 09:03

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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Announcing the 2nd Annual FIRST Robotics Conference

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Originally Posted by Matt Leese

So I'm curious, what exactly are the fees being charged going to? I know for a fact that they aren't paying the presenters. I doubt renting the rooms would cost that much (or perhaps it does). The fees just don't seem to be inline with what I would expect.

Matt

Rooms, janitors, venue staff, chairs, microphones, projectors, screens, other misc costs, printed material, tickets, web developers, etc... You name it, we have to pay for it.

Also, the funds will help build up a budget that we could use for continuously increasing the quality of the conferences, and having them occur more frequently at various different locations.

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