Sponsor Order in TIMS

[Joe J.]

Originally Posted by GaryV1188

If XYZ corp gives you $10,000 and ABC corp gives $12,000, but XYZ supplies 2 engineers, you might list XYZ first. Contributions to the team are more than just monetary.

A very good point, another thing to consider would be how long a certain company has sponsored your team, placing their name first would show that you as a team acknowledge and respect the length of their sponsorship. Also how involved the sponsor is for example which would you consider the "larger" sponsor,a company that gives you tons on money and says good luck, or a company that gives less money but provides engineers, tools, materials? I would personally go with the second choice.

Money, Mentors, Length of Sponsorship, and involvement of sponsor (at least to me) would define the "size" of a sponsor. Since FIRST doesn't give any rules regarding sponsor orders its up to each team to decide the order in the name, basically which company you think did most to earn the #1 slot.

As with other things in FIRST there really is no "right" answer, because all sponsors do a lot for their teams, and each team may choose a different answer, so pick the one thats right for your team.