Hi all, There's a new page on the website with sample team expenses. You can find it here <http://www.va-dcfll.org/teams/team-resources/example-team-expenses/>, under Teams > Team Resources > Examples of VA-DC FLL Team Expenses. We're hoping this will be useful to new teams, as well as to experienced teams who are doing a state championship or national tournament for the first time. If you have any suggestions for changes, definitely let us know. Hope it comes in handy! Ros O'Brien VA-DC FLL Webmaster On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 5:35 PM, B Bergenstock <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> There are only two fees you need to pay: $225 for the national FLL >> registration fee and $100 for the VA/DC regional fee. >> > > Don't forget the $79 field kit fee- And if your team is lucky enough, the > $100 state registration :) plus the World competition fee (which I do not > what that is because we never made it that far. ) > > Lego mindstorms are backwards compatible, which means you can use the NXT > software on the EV3 (to my knowledge) but not the other ways around. You > can download the NXT software from their website. It's free now! > > ttp://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/downloads/nxt/nxt-software/ > <http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/downloads/nxt/nxt-software/> > > A brand new team buying the kit will need about $800. Without the kit, > it's about half that (if you don't go to state). $450 divided between 8 > kids is really a decent investment for a season of activity. We pay much > more for soccer each season after new shoes and uniforms. Remind the > parents this is sports for their children's minds! :) > Brandy > > > >> >> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Ralph Grove <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > I am a first time coach with a completely new team. We were given the >> 2012 >> > Lego Mindstorm NXT 2.0 robot and kit (in excellent condition) from a >> prior >> > team that aged out. It also came with the CD to download the software. >> Am I >> > able to use this robot and software for this year's challenge, or does >> my >> > team have to spend an additional $400-500 dollars on the EV3 robot and >> > software? Also, wondering about all the fees and what the money goes to. >> > There is a $100 VA/DC regional registration fee in addition to the $225 >> FLL >> > national registration fee, not to mention an additional $100+ tournament >> > registration fee? Getting some serious sticker shock from my parents... >> > >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit >> > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or >> leave >> > the list". >> > >> > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via >> > VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit >> > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to >> subscribe. >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or >> leave the list". >> >> -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via >> VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to >> subscribe. >> > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.