No Chrysler $$ for FIRST??!!??

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Posted by Tony K.

Student on team #292, PantherTech, from Western HS and DaimlerChrysler.

Posted on 11/25/2000 2:18 PM MST



Hi all,

I'm wondering if we (292) are the only DaimlerChrysler team affected by this. We have learned as of last week that DC has ceased giving money, to our understanding, to the FIRST Robotics Competition. We, as far as we know, are directly affected by this; we were informed that we are receiving $0 from DC, at least up until the Registration deadline (i.e., we may not make it, at least with DC Corp's money). My questions to the FIRST community are: 1) Does FIRST know about this? Has it affected all of Daimler's teams??? From what I gathered, they are one of FIRST's biggest sponsors. It would seem quite rash to pull out all of a sudden, as so to speak. 2) Does anyone believe that this abrupt shift in Daimler's views, although due to their 'corporate restructuring', is in the spirit of FIRST? I'd really like some input on this topic, please share.

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. GTG, BattleBots is on.

Tony K.

Team 292
PantherTech - DaimlerChrysler / Western HS (or is it?)