DARPA Network Challenge Win $40K

FIRST General Forum
#21

Now that wouldn’t be graciously professional! :stuck_out_tongue:

But unfortunately, most of the world out there wouldn’t know that… :frowning:

#22

Another thread in th Chit-Chat discussion just started on this subject:

#23

you weren’t supposed to tell anyone else. now I might not win. haha

#24

So where is the money going? I’d suggest $1000 to each team that kicks in a location, and the balance to FIRST to use as they see fit.

#25

I’ll cover manchester…:wink:

I have SAT’s tomorrow:mad: so I might just swing by the millyard to check if there are any red balloons/odd deliveries to the FIRST building.:rolleyes:

#26

I disagree. We are all FIRST participants but are doing this outside of FIRST, don’t get confused. We are using CD and Facebook for this mission, so if any goes to support an entity besides the people working to find the ballons, it should be those two.

#27

So the winner recieves 40 grand and the tax man gets,what, 25% on gambling winnings. Oh, and the winner gets bumped up to a higher tax bracket. I’m just guessing but the winner is going to be busy on april 15th looking for tax shelters.

#28

Found this in another thread…

#29

Of course, a group of kid’s at MIT won the 40 k. kinda sad for the rest of us. Oh well.

#30

It didn’t necessarily have to be sad. If you reported a balloon you got $2,000 bucks, and if you referred a balloon reporter you got $1,000 bucks, and if you referred the referrer of the reporter you still got $500 bucks, so on and so forth. Pretty neat idea, obviously effective. :smiley:

MIT’s Red Balloon Team

#31

Yeah, if everyone was referred down the chain completely, $37500 goes to the people who found the balloons, and $2500 goes to charity. MIT just provided the website for 10 groups of people to meet up.

#32

Centennial Park in Atlanta - is that a clue? :smiley:

#33