Mike,



Our team has always been a parent funded team and we have usually 

averaged about $100.00

per team member (we have 7 members on our team).  In addition to costs 

you mentioned, the $700.00

has also included the registration for the State Tournament and all the 

small items such as materials

for presentations, materials to build giant mascots, materials for 

banners, items to trade with other teams,

copying costs, etc.  Sometimes the small things can add up, so allow 

some money for those.



We did build a very basic practice table that only cost about $50.00.  

It simply sits on top

of our dining room table (although is still weighs a ton!!) so there 

are no legs and we have never used lights.

If you want a more complex table, allow more money for that.  This will 

be our fourth year and the basic table

has always worked fine for our team.



As far as snacks, you could have different families donate snacks so 

you don't have to budget for those.



Good luck and let me know if you have other questions.



Sally Sylvester

Richmond VA

HomeWood CF-Als

NANO RATS

OTEC Lobsters



-----Original Message-----

From: Michael Blanpied <[log in to unmask]>

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Sent: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 2:52 pm

Subject: [VADCFLL-L] Season costs for FLL



I may be switching from coaching a school-based (PTA-funded) team to

a private (parent-funded) team, and am thus interested in estimating

the total cost. We have NXT kits, but will need to pay for:



- Team registration

- Regional tournament registration

- Challenge kit (table mat and models)

- Materials to build a practice table

- T-shirts

- Snacks

- Anything else I've missed



If anyone has done this exercise and could share their estimates, I'd

appreciate it!



Regards,

Mike Blanpied

Reston

2006 Nano People

2007 Power Bunnies



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