Team fee?

[Nawaid Ladak]

My old, old (1402) had a $50 up fron tfee.. plus travel expenses, ie: if we were short on cash to pay for championships, 20 members would chip in about $75 and we would get $1500, then we would worry about travel and hotel which was about $70

[Rohan_DHS]

Team 1620 has a team fee of $150, which includes a shirt, and the meals at the competition. However, if someone is having financial problems, they can talk to the teachers, and get something sorted out.
The $150 can be reduced/eliminated if they bring a sponsor with at least a $150 dollar donation, or sufficient fundraising.

Previously, the team used to charge only $50 I believe, but this year our team had almost no money, so the team had to increase the team fee, which I feel is very fair.

[roborat]

Team 1249 has never had a team fee. We have always paid for everything. We have some great sponsors and do fundraising. We do not plan on any event that we do not have the money before registering. We attend two regionals a year. This year, we have ask our students to pay for their lunch at the competition just because it is so crazy trying to get them all together and in line at the same place. We pay for anyone that can not afford the cost. We usually have around 12-15 students on our team.

[wendymom]

1902 has $50.00 dues at the beginning of each year. Travel costs this year run $250.00 per trip. Everyone had to purchase a team shirt. $11.50 per. (most everyone got more than one)

The "dues" help with admin costs and start up robot budget. We do lots of fundraisers that can be put towards dues and travel costs. We also have about 15 different sponsors but most of that money goes to robot costs and registration fees.

We have found that "dues" will help separate the kids that truely want to be on the team from the ones that don't.

[smurfgirl]

Team 1124 does not have a team fee. We do a lot of local fundraising, and have recently been active in getting local businesses to sponsor us in addition to our corporate sponsors.

Students are required to pay all travel fees (airfare, hotels, food, etc.), but this only occurs when we go to the Championships. The Connecticut Regional is two towns over, so we go back home every night, and the school covers our busing.

We've talked about having a small fee at the beginning of the year to cover the cost of the team t-shirt, since everyone ends up buying one later in the year, and the money gets collected either way. Our sweatshirts, hats, and additional t-shirts are optional, thus would not be included in the team fee that has been discussed.

[afi419]

I've had to pay like 100-200 or so dollars to go to regionals.

[jacob07]

I don't believe that my team has ever had a fee to be on the team. To go to the competitions the students have to be at the meetings (most of them, 100% participation is not required, but never turned down ) and we do Little Caesars Student appreciation where we get a certain percentage of what they sell of the medium pizza's that we help make. That is one of our big fund raisers, it works really well also. Our sponsors help pay for the rest, along with other fund raisers to get the students to go to the comp. and not kill their wallets.

[AnthonyN1983]

Our team, skunkworks 1983 has a small start off fee of $25 for our polo shirts. But as far as competitions go, we have to pay/fundraise $250 for each regional. This includes hotel, transportation, and any other miscellaneous items that may come up.

For Atlanta on the other hand we have to pay/fundraise a grand total of $700. We also have to buy our own plane tickets (Additional ~$500). So it comes out to around $1,000 per student each year.

If you want some ideas of how we raise all this money, please check out our management plan!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...anagement+plan

Anthony N.
Skunkworks Team 1983

[HOT_SOUP]

I know of several teams, though ours does not have one, that have a fee system or a dues policy. I think the dues policy is more effective as it tends to be less intimidating than a large all-in-one fee.

[MayaPapaya27]

On RUSH, we have to pay $500 for the season, but since the team is considered a club, students that attend Clarkston High School have to pay an additional $50 as a club fee to the school.

[PizzmasterP27]

Another thing we do on Team RUSH is alot of fundraising.
We have no major corporate sponsor, just like alot of rookie teams. We have many smaller sponsors, but still, our fees do not even get paid. We ask every student to donate a 500$ team fee and then we ask them to be a part of all of our fundraising. Fundraising is not easy or fun (COLLECTING AND RETURNING 100$ IN RETURNABLE CANS IS NOT FUN)...but the students build ownership in the team. With the prices for everything on the rise... we have had to do 10 times as much fundraising as last year. This year we actually volunteered to clean up our football stadium after homegames...making about 400$ per game.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by PizzmasterP27

Fundraising is not easy or fun (COLLECTING AND RETURNING 100$ IN RETURNABLE CANS IS NOT FUN)

Nah, just get a group together and do it. Yeah you have to raise more money (unless they aren't on the team) but it is often more fun to go through a neighborhood with friends. Plus, people are more likely to donate cash if they see a group out. Oh, and get some nice rubber gloves for those people who don't return their bottles for like 2 years and things start living in them...

[lingomaniac88]

Having a team fee encourages fundraising, and helps support the team. However, it can drive some people away. I wouldn't suggest it if you're trying to expand your team, but I would suggest it if you have a nice-sized team filled with faithful members.