New Zealand Regional

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

When I had first heard of the NZ Regional, I was all ready to go. However, after looking up the cost of a mid-March flight to NZ from Philadelphia, the cost was nearly $2,500 for each of us.

I am having a huge internal debate between a $5000+ trip once in the next 5-10 years or a $1500 trip every other year.

An interesting ethical dilemma - for approximately the same amount of funds, one could send three students from one team on a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime trip halfway across the planet to participate in an additional competition event, or one could provide support for an entire additional FRC team to allow them to participate in the program when they might not otherwise be able to do so.

As much fun and as exciting as a team trip to New Zealand would be, at some point a serious discussion about purpose, priorities, and propriety needs to take place.

-dave


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