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[sciguy125]

Originally Posted by sciguy125

Again, we're not allowed to ask for donations, but if they find out that we are in need and want to give us something it would be rude to refuse them.

I'd like to correct that. It still holds true that if someone wants to give us money they can. If they send it through the school and they put "for robotics" on the check, we get all the money. Actually, I have a feeling that they're supposed to send all checks through the school.

However, it seems that we are allowed to solicit for donations if we clear it with the school first. The whole reason for the ban is that no student organizations are supposed to interfere with the school's target donors (present and future). If the school doesn't have any plans for our potential sponsor, they'll give us an OK to talk to them. It seems, however, that most of our potential sponsors won't be approached by the school. It looks like, at the moment, our moderator wants services and equipment rather than just money. We'll probably be targeting machine shops and high-tech companies. While the school has targeted some tech companies (I think I spotted Xilinx and Intel on some plaques), they seem to like wealthy individuals more.