Sponsor Order in TIMS

[Greg Needel]

I agree with most in the thread saying that the largest sponsor first if it is so cut and dry, but if you have multiple large sponsors you could always just do it alphabetically to show no bias.


I also would like to make a plea to teams not to list every $10 donation in your team name. While I understand that teams have to get money from where ever they can I really think you should set some standards. Such as you need to donate over $1,000 to get your name listed. As an announcer and someone who goes to many events nothing gets me more then teams that list all 20 of their sponsors so that the announcer has to speed through them (there are time constraints for introductions) so that it becomes difficult to comprehend any individual one. I think that it shows your larger sponsors more respect if everyone at the regional can actually hear their names. Along with the fact that with shorter sponsor/team name lists they are more likely to be read more then once, as apposed to long ones which are only required to be read once a day. Please consider this when listing your sponsors this year.


On a side note: If you know your school or sponsor has a strange pronunciation go up to the announcer early in the event and let them know, as they will appreciate it.

[Barry Bonzack]

Here is a similar question. If you have multiple large sponsors and a multiple school team, how do you boil it down in the Short Name in 21 characters?

Sure Harmony High School and Saint Cloud High School could go to HHS & SCHS, but no one outside the school would know. How do you also then include Disney, The Harmony Institute, Siemens, and DeVry University?

[Madison]

...resurrecting my thread from last fall.

Does anyone have any insight into why FIRST opts to list non-profit sponsors before all others and if there's any significance to the difference where FIRST is concerned?

It seems weird that, given the consensus here to list your largest sponsor first, that your long team name might first name a smaller donor simply because of their non-profit status.