Lowest Budget??

[Yov]

We only had the money given to us by FIRST (3500$ I believe)

[Beth Sweet]

Our team survived on $1,150 (other than initial FIRST costs)

[Moloch]

Its good to know that not everyone is sponsered by GM and has tons of money to spend. We survive on the bare minimum. Theres no need to have a team of 50 people when only 8 of them did anything. Every member on our team actually did something witht the robot.


My 9,000 included the FIRST costs and everything. from the start of the robotics to the end.

[Alaina]

I would say other than the $6,000 spent on the regional, we spent about $400 on the robot...And T-shirts, hotels, etc. the students pay for themselves.

[David Kelly]

Perhaps this isn't the place for teams to discuss their financial status. Some people get very touchy on this issue and it often times leads to big arguements over why some teams get so much money or why they can share with less forturnate teams etc..


I understand the intentions of the thread but to prevent people from getting upset at each other and to prevent possible unwanted disclosure of team expenses, I say that this thread should be closed.

I'm only trying to look out for everyone.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by David Kelly

Perhaps this isn't the place for teams to discuss their financial status. Some people get very touchy on this issue and it often times leads to big arguements over why some teams get so much money or why they can share with less forturnate teams etc..


I understand the intentions of the thread but to prevent people from getting upset at each other and to prevent possible unwanted disclosure of team expenses, I say that this thread should be closed.

I'm only trying to look out for everyone.

I appreciate your point, and encourage long-running 'net groups to avoid any thread that recurs and causes more heat than light.

Having said that, hearing about teams with $50,000 budgets only increases my resolve to set up a Most Excellent fund-raising program. I see it as just another challenge for our students to overcome.

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

Having said that, hearing about teams with $50,000 budgets only increases my resolve to set up a Most Excellent fund-raising program. I see it as just another challenge for our students to overcome.

I think that you hit it right on the button. Everything is useful, even failure. The worst things are useful and things like low budgets, problems with teams or problems with regionals can be used as an example of things that need to be fixed. It all goes along with the school of thought that disfunctional things are functional. They teach us to work harder to make ourselves functional.

[KTorak]

1023 started this year with a little left from last season and got a $2500 check from La-Z-Boy late in the buiild season (Feb 20th or something). We just got another $2500 check that we are saving for next year although we need $4000 to attend another regional. All the other money has been donated from small contributers or fundraised by the team. All team mebers/families pay out of pocket for hotel/food/flight to Atlanta and any other Regional event we attend. We make do with what we have and do very well (GLR Finalist), but we're still trying to get other large sponors but we haven't had much luck.