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]> To: [log in to unmask] 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 ______________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". If you want to join the VADCFLL-ADMIN-L mailing list - to which FLL administrative announcements will be distributed - visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". ______________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". If you want to join the VADCFLL-ADMIN-L mailing list - to which FLL administrative announcements will be distributed - visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html and select "Join or leave the list".