2014 Business Plan Executive Summary

[DJPagnan]

Hey all.

So we, in the awards group of 781, have been working on various things these past few weeks. With electronic submissions just around the corner, I'd like to specifically talk about the Executive Summary of the Business Plan.

This is our second year of our business plan and we've been working away at updating it. With the new criteria for the ES (which I also noticed is the only part of the BP we submit electronically through STIMS), we have been finding it difficult to fill the spaces in our fields. After three years of worrying about 500 character paragraphs for Chairman's, 1600 characters seems like a lot. As much of a relief to the judges it must be to read something short and sweet, I would like to take this opportunity to say more about our team as our business plan is not only presented to FIRST judges, but also to community members and potential donors to the team.

So, with all that said, I'd be interested in hearing what your team "fills the space" with (Subtopics, useful statistics, ect.). It would be helpful to say which topic you have suggestions for before stating any other information.

Much appreciated, can't wait to hear from you all.