Sustainability In FRC Teams

[RoboMom]

From Bob Steele:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=42
do think that we need to see more support from FIRST in the arena of Fundraising.
i remember that last year it was a big deal at Kickoff... to date... Where are these programs?
I haven't seen anything of substance yet... I had thought we would have some kind of
"Green" fundraising activities fleshed out by FIRST and presented by now...

FIRST needs to find ways to help veteran teams raise money... Rookie teams seem to find a way of coming up with the necessary funds and so many of the grant programs are earmarked for these new teams...

I hope to see some real ideas from FIRST on how to SUSTAIN teams and not just how to
CREATE teams...

From www.usfirst .org:
FIRST Receives Grant From Google
Google is providing FIRST with a $3 million grant to develop and jump start new student-driven robotics team fundraising programs that will empower more student teams to participate in FIRST. More details coming soon.

From me:
Eagerly awaiting word on what this will look like. The way I read this it covers new teams AND veteran teams, teaching them techniques to fish. Is my interpretation incorrect?