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CARNICAS

Team 4952, École La Ruche

Business Plan

March 16th 2014

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TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Executive summary ....................................................................................................... Page 3

1.1 Our mission ......................................................................................................... Page 3

1.2 Team start date .................................................................................................... Page 3

1.3 Mentors ................................................................................................................ Page 3

1.4 Members .............................................................................................................. Page 3

1.5 Team location ...................................................................................................... Page 3

1.6 Team partners and their commitment .................................................................. Page 4

1.7 Team growth ........................................................................................................ Page 4

1.8 Future team plan .................................................................................................. Page 4

1.9 Program summary ............................................................................................... Page 4

1.10 Team impact and outreach .................................................................................. Page 5

2. Team summary.............................................................................................................. Page 6

2.1 Our history ........................................................................................................... Page 6

2.2 Our school ........................................................................................................... Page 6

2.3 Student members ................................................................................................. Page 7

2.4 Mentoring ............................................................................................................ Page 8

2.5 Team structure ..................................................................................................... Page 9

2.6 Work and meeting premises .............................................................................. Page 11

2.7 Team impact and outreach ................................................................................. page 12

2.8 Meetings schedule ............................................................................................. Page 12

2.9 Team name ........................................................................................................ Page 12

3. Market analysis and strategies .................................................................................. Page 13

3.1 Competitive analysis ......................................................................................... Page 13

3.2 Strategic planning process

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis ............................... Page 13

3.3 Future services ................................................................................................... Page 15

4. Key partners analysis and strategies ......................................................................... Page 16

4.1 Partnerships and resources analysis .................................................................. Page 16

4.2 Financial partners, human and material resources ............................................ Page 17

5. Analysis of sponsorship and mentoring needs ......................................................... Page 18

5.1 Opportunities for support : in-kind donation ..................................................... Page 18

5.2 Opportunities for support : mentors .................................................................. Page 18

5.3 Sponsorship research plan ................................................................................. Page 18

5.4 Potential sponsors analysis ................................................................................ 0

5.5 Sponsor benefit .................................................................................................. Page 23

5.6 Fundraising ........................................................................................................ Page 25

6. Team budget ................................................................................................................ Page 26

6.1 2013-14 team budget ......................................................................................... Page 26

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1.1 OUR MISSION

To engage teenagers in science, technology and entrepreneurship studies through collaboration with mentors from local engineering and technology companies, university and schools.

With their enthusiasm and passion, mentors will introduce young people to computer programming, mechanical and electrical engineering techniques. Through an authentic project and meaningful experiences, the students will develop self-confidence, creativity, communication skills, teamwork, entrepreneurship and leadership. They will become sources of inspiration for their peers at school and in the community. Our ultimate goal is to stimulate interest in science and technology among young people and to help reduce school dropout.

1.2 TEAM START DATE

Our team started in September 2013.

1.3 MENTORS

The team was founded by Mr. Jacques Lapointe, science teacher and Mr. Joey Marcotte, laboratory technician, both working at l’École secondaire la Ruche. Since its creation, several mentors joined the team: Mr. Hugo Marcotte, as Team manager, Mr. Jean Lavoie, as Labview programming expert, Mrs. Diane Chagnon, as editing consultant, Mr. David Hinse as resource in journalism and video editing, Mrs. Caroline Bélanger, as Autodesk expert, Mr. Sébastien Tremblay, Mr. Gilles Lavoie, Mr. Rudy Bernard, Mr. Joël Viau, Mr. Maxime Boisvert, Mr. Jonathan Nadeau, Mr. Jean-Philippe Lucking-Bigué, Mr. Philippe-Olivier Provost, Mr. Renaud Dubé, Mr. Jean Grenier, as electrical and mechanical engeneering, and Mr. Marc Sarasin, as entrepreneurship expert.

1.4 MEMBERS

The team is currently composed of 16 students from grades 8th to 11th and of 18 mentors stemming from local schools and the community.

1.5 TEAM LOCATION

The Carnicas team is hosted at L’École Secondaire La Ruche, 1255 boul. des Étudiants, Magog, Québec (Canada), J1X 3Y6

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1.6 TEAM PARTNERS AND THEIR COMMITMENT

ARMTEX Financial resources Argosy fundation Financial resources Robotique First Québec Financial resources Conceptromec Material resources Quais Bertrand Material resources Commission Scolaire Des Sommets Financial resources / human resources /

material resources Sherbrooke University Human resources Caisse Desjardins du Lac-Memphrémagog Financial resources Walmart Magog Financial resources La maison Oléa Financial resources Carrefour jeunesse emploie Human resources Mr. Ludovic St-Laurent Financial resources

1.7 TEAM GROWTH

The team is still in its earliest days. We thank Mr. David Brassard of team 3117 from l’École du Triolet in Sherbrooke whom, with his team pilot, came to present the Ultimate Ascent robot to our students. This event stimulated the interest of five new members to join our FIRST project. We are still searching for new mentors to cover some aspects of the competition and for students to fill positions related to the relationship with the community.

1.8 FUTUR TEAM PLAN

Our goal, is to train students in different areas of the project: engineering, programming, marketing, entrepreneurship and multimedia. We hope to present a competitive team at the Montreal Robotics Festival, thus positioning ourselves advantageously to win the rookie of the year award. This recognition would allow us to bring the team to the world finals in St. Louis, United States, a unique experience for a grassroots team!

Our team is currently working to increase the visibility of the project in the community to recruit mentors and solicit funding to secure the sustainability of the FIRST project and to start a FLL team (FIRST Lego League) to assure a strong succession of 8th and 9th grade junior high school students and ensure adequate student renewal for the FIRST project.

1.9 PROGRAM SUMMARY

Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.

Dean Kamen is an inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for science and technology. His passion and determination to help young people discover the excitement and rewards of science and technology are the cornerstones of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

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FIRST was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and

technology. Based in Manchester, NH, the 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit public charity designs accessible,

innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science,

technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.

FIRST® web site http://www.usfirst.org/

1.10 TEAM IMPACT AND OUTREACH

The FIRST project allows students to develop their independence, their creativity and their community

involvement through the acquisition of new skills. It encourages young people to continue their education in

fields related to science, technology and entrepreneurship. Through their work, their presence in social media,

in the local newsweekly and in the school newspaper, La Piqûre (The Sting), the students transmit their passion

and their desire to succeed. We want the team members, drawing on the mentors commitment and involvement,

to become mentors and role models for other students in the school, as well as for students from the 27

elementary schools in our school board.

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2.1 TEAM HISTORY

The idea of creating our FIRST Robotics team followed a conference on robotics given by M. François Michaud, Canada Research Chair holder in Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Autonomous Systems and member of the board of directors of FIRST Quebec. His passion for robotics and FIRST project has inspired us to embark on the adventure. The team is composed of 15 students from grades 8th to 11th and of 18 mentors from schools and community.

Three robotics enthusiasts’ teachers who wanted to share their passion for science and technology to their students founded the Carnicas team in September 2013. The team is hosted at l’École secondaire La Ruche (La Ruche High School) in Magog, Quebec, Canada. The student members are all studying at La Ruche in different programs. In March 2014 in Montreal, it will be the first participation of the Carnicas team #4952 to a FIRST tournament.

2.2 OUR SCHOOL

Located in the heart of the city of Magog, l’École secondaire la Ruche welcomes all students in the MRC Memphremagog. Since its opening in 1974, over 10,000 students have lived the pivotal years of their adolescence and have proudly received their diplomas. Each year, approximately 1,500 students have the opportunity to attend school and to leave their mark. As la Ruche has always kept pace with his students, it offers courses and activities that meet the interests and needs of today's young people. The school provides services for students with special needs, a regular path and a sports concentration (basketball, gymnastics, overall health, hockey), an artistic concentration (drama, visual arts) and federated sports (alpine skiing, skiing, golf and midget AAA hockey). Each day, students receive a mandatory 40-minute period devoted to Studying, Reading, Implication, Work, Supervision and Support (ELITE in French).

After school hours, the school literally buzzes with students who engage in various activities such as theater, basketball, football, swimming, cheerleading, soccer, cross country, athletics, journalism and cultural trips, etc.

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2.3 STUDENT MEMBERS

The Carnicas FIRST team is currently composed of 16 students 13 to 17 years old and is still recruiting. Currently, the male representation is higher (78%), consequently, the future recruitment efforts will aim at attracting more female members. The group in not necessarily aiming for an equally mixed team but a better mix is desirable.

The number of students per grade is fairly well distributed; this should ensure a good retention rate of students to pursue the project in subsequent years. One difficulty not to neglect is that 18 years old students in Québec, although eligible to the FIRST project, are leaving high school to go to College. Accordingly, a rewarding experience to our grade 11th has to be provided to students to ensure their presence in the team for another year even if they continue their studies at the college level.

Boys

78%

Girls

22%

Carnicas 2013 Gender ratios

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Our group of participants showed interest in each of the different groups of tasks related to the project. However, some sectors are underrepresented and others are clearly overrepresented. It appears that we will have to either recruit more students to fill certain positions or help our participants already enrolled to find new fields of interest.

2.4 MENTORING

To date, we are 18 mentors on the team. The majority of mentors come from the school system but we have found resources in the community as well. Several mentoring positions are still to be filled; you will find the list in section 5.2.

Five of our mentors come from l’École secondaire La Ruche, one from the School Board, seven from Sherbrooke University and four from the community.

11%

22%

11%

56%

Students repartition by grade

8th

9th

10th

11th

Analysis

12%

Mechanical

15%

Electrical

19%

Programming

38%

Marketing

8%

Finance

8%

Student interest to the different

aspects of the project

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2.5 TEAM STRUCTURE

Participation to the FIRST Carnicas team involves working on the project throughout the school year. In the fall, students are undergoing training in different fields related to the FIRST project: mechanical and electrical engineering, programming, marketing and safety.

In January begins the intense six-week period where building the robot and determining the planning of the strategy for the March regional competition in Montreal. During the following three weeks between the end of the robot construction and the competition, students will refine the strategy and continue to work on the 30 pounds of parts they may include to the robot during the challenge.

During the offseason, team members will recruit potential candidates for the upcoming year and participate in a tour of primary schools with the robot to communicate their passion to other young people. This will raise interest for engineering, sciences and technologies in the elementary schools insuring new recruits for the FLL and FIRST teams.

For this first year, the advisory board shall be headed by the three founding members. The team captain will be elected by his peers, he and the advisory board will appoint team leaders to the various subgroups.

Team captain Technical teams

school system

78%

Community

22%

Mentors repartition

Team

leader

Team members Parents

Advisory

boardMentors

Team

captain Group sub-

leader

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Team captain

Analysis

Mecanical

engineering

Electrical

engineeringProgramming

Management

Team captain

Finances

Technical teams

MarketingSafety

Web / media

The team captain role is to assure the team cohesion, to be the link between the advisory committee, mentors and various team leaders. The captain is responsible for keeping all sub teams informed and aware of the other’s progress and difficulties, which will make the team more effective.

Analysis

This team must have a handle on the competition rules and submit its findings to different groups. It is impossible to have an effective robot if all the rules are not understood. Its role is essential and, just as the team captain, the team members need to communicate effectively with other groups to have a successful robot. At the competition, they are in charge of scouting and of assisting the pilot when the robot is on the playing field.

Mechanical engineering

This group is responsible for the construction of the robot and of the mechanisms to achieve the various objectives of this year FIRST competition. Depending on the challenge, this group could be split in two. These students must be capable of working both metal and plastic. A sub-team will be in charge, as soon as the challenge is revealed, to build key elements of the playing field so that the pilot can engage in the most realistic environment possible.

Electrical engineering

Working closely with mechanical engineering and programming team, the electrical group orchestrates the electrical wiring of the robot motors, actuators, and sensors. It must also indicate to the mechanical engineering group where to place certain key components such as the battery, the main circuit breaker and pneumatic components, if any.

Programming

Programmers must work with the analysts to acquire the rules of the game and the abilities of the robot into a game-winning strategy. They have to transfer the various aspects of the strategy in Labview code. They must ensure that other team members’ idea can be transferred into a functional robot.

Financing

Management

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The finance team is in charge of the overall budget management. It is also responsible to touch base with the sponsors. It sends thank you letters to our partners and revises the business plan twice a year, before and after the robot's building season. This team is in charge of finding additional sources of income.

Marketing

The marketing team creates the Carnicas image. It is in charge of the personal care products manufacturing company and of designing the pit area we use in competition. This group establishes links with the community and drafts nominations for the awards offered at FIRST competition.

Safety

This team ensures that every student involved in this project will be safe at all times. Working with power tools can be dangerous and students need to learn to use them safely. Students in this team must define a safety plan, ensure that posters on safety rules are clearly visible in the workshops and teach safe behaviors to other team members.

Web / media

This group develops and maintains the website and the blog so that all relevant information can be easily accessible by participants. They document and publish students’ work in the school newspaper La Piqûre on a weekly basis (pre-season and season) to convey FIRST message in the student community.

2.6 WORK AND MEETING PREMISES

The team has access to three dedicated working spaces in the school. The first room, the S-110-5 is used as a building and meeting room. It is equipped with various common hand tools. The 2nd room, adjacent to the first, consists of a small woodshop including machine tools such as: three press drills, a miter saw, a belt sander and two band saws. The third room, the S-108, is equipped with both metal and wood working tools such as: a metal saw, a welder, a planer and a jointer.

Science and technology groups and groups from the CFER (Recycling Company Training Center) program also use the tool rooms. This year, we were allowed to use the S-110-5 room full-time until February 20th. Our team has been recently relocated to an unused locker room until the end of the year. Arrangement with the school board has been done to find us a permanent working space after the end of the school year.

The team also has access to 16 laptops shared with the science department. Software essentials to the project are installed on those computers. Because the project takes place outside normal school hours, sharing laptops was not expected be problematic, however it has been reassessed throughout the project. The Caisse Desjardins du Lac-Memphrémagog has recently announced us that they will give 16 used computers to our team. This donation will facilitate our work and help us start a FLL team.

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2.7 TEAM IMPACT AND OUTREACH

Every year, during the post season, team members are going to explain the FIRST project and show our robot to five elementary school students from our school board. We believe in the importance to meet younger students to show them how inspiring science and technology can be, to encourage them to participate in activities related to science and technology.

In the post season, team members are also going to visit our partner workshops. They will spend half a day with their mentor in their work environment. They will meet engineers, project manager, machinist, pneumatic specialist, robotic arm designer. We want them to be inspired to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology or engineering.

Throughout the year, we’ve worked hard to share the FIRST robotic project with the Memphrémagog community. We’ve designed a web site, had coverage in both printed and television regional media and in the school newspaper. It is important, for our team members, to increase the community awareness of the project and its values. Our school is centered on sports and artistic activities; we want to diversify the school curriculum with a science and technologies project.

In the next two years, we will add a section to our web site to help rookie teams. We want to archive our first year documents to help rookie teams learn from our mistakes and our successes. There are a lot of Web resources from veteran teams but few are aimed to help new teams, even fewer are in French. We will create a tutorial section with information describing the different motor types, electrical and pneumatic components. We will also try to give advices on parts of the projects, other than robot building, that are important but not obvious to teams new to the FIRST project.

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2.8 MEETINGS SCHEDULE

Since early October, we meet students for training two lunch periods a week and three evenings per month. During the construction season we meet students every lunch periods, three nights a week and all day on Saturdays. After the competition, the team will meet again to take stock of the season and tour primary schools in the area with team members and the robot.

2.9 TEAM NAME

The name Carnica is used by every sport teams at school. Since our robot will likely practice a sport we find appropriate to name our robotic team Carnicas, as our sport teams do. The name Carnicas strengthens our sense of belonging.

The Carnicas name comes from a popular bee species from northern Europe, the Carniolan bee (Apis

mellifera carnica).

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3.1 COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

Students participating in the project benefit from opportunities related to vocational guidance in engineering (mechanical, electrical and IT), entrepreneurship and communication fields. Contacts with mentors from these different sectors of activity enable students to learn about their future career.

The activity on social networks and weekly meetings allow mentors to stay in touch with student members of the team. Both of these strategies will keep these students active and involved in the First Project. Students can choose between many extracurricular activities. It is necessary to implement strategies to retain participants to assure the success of the Carnicas First #4952 project.

3.2 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS

ANALYSIS

StrengthsComputers dedicated to the FIRST project

Access to a wood workshop

School board support

Motivated mentors

Key partnership with a metal working company

Excelent students/mentors relationship

WeaknessesLimited access to metal working tools

Limited number of mentors in non-engeneering spheres

Uninsured budget for the next years

No commitment contract for students and mentors

Time constraints

OpportunitiesLarge pool of students

Recruting new mentors

Finding new sponsors

Securing sponsors

Increase community services

Start of an FLL team

2/3 of our team members are 15-16 years old

ThreatsLoss of student interest

Loss of mentors

Non-availability of mentors

Loss of sponsors

Loss of workshop and labs

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Threats Mitigation Plan • Loss of student interest :

Larger outreach to students in the school. Making sure that everybody is included in the project and that everybody has a fun time participating in the First robotics program. Also, insuring that

every participant has a role that corresponds to their skills and interests.

• Loss of mentors - Non-availability of mentors Having a lot of interesting and interested students, pre-planned meetings for easy

scheduling. Including meals on long meeting days. Good team spirit and all around good mood.

• Loss of sponsors Each year, on the 4th week of our build season, we will continue hosting

meetings/presentations of our robot to attract the attention of our sponsors. We will be giving a private look inside the team effort and construction of our project. They will get

to meet the students in exchanges with their sponsorship.

• Loss of workshop and labs In case of the loss of our current workshop, we have access to a less convenient

substitute workshop 5 minutes away from our current location and will continue to reserve it in the following years. We will assure access to both workshop and we will get

a contract with both the school and the school board to have a permanent agreement regarding both workshops.

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3.3 Future services

Volunteering at the Relais du Lac Memphremagog (Memphremagog Lac Relay)

Christian Vachon is a marathoner, firefighter for the city of Magog and paramedic for Ambulance de l’Estrie. On September 23rd 2006, he became the first athlete to run the 104 Km (64.6 miles) of roads along the shores of Lake Memphremagog in one day.

He has therefore launched the idea of an ultra-long distance team relay marathon that would take place around Lake Memphremagog. The teams’ registration fees are the main source of funding to continue the Foundation original mission and provide increased support to disadvantaged children.

Each year the Christian Vachon Foundation is able to help an increasing number of young people in need. Its efficiency grows at the same rate as the Relais du Lac Memphremagog. The Foundation is working tirelessly in pursuit of its goal of supporting the academic perseverance and educational success by providing equal opportunities for all young people to have access to this success regardless of their situation.

. The FIRST Carnicas team will take part of this event as a group of volunteers to increase the exposure of

the project to the community and to be in a position to solicit funding to the foundation as a mean to support academic perseverance and reduce dropout rate in the region.

École la Ruche Fundation Annual lobster dinner fundraiser

On March 30th, if we are not selected to go to the FIRST championship in St-Louis, the team will show the FIRST project including our robot, to the annual lobster dinner held by the École la Ruche foundation. Most of the Chambre de commerce Magog-Orford members attend this fundraiser. It could be a great opportunity to meet potential partners, to spread the FIRST vision and to increase our visibility in the community.

Mentoring elementary school students

Many elementary schools from our school board work with Lego robotics. Each year, the Carnicas 4952 students will act as programming and construction mentors for students from five different schools. Our team members will share their experience and their passion. They will build Lego robots with their younger peers and demonstrate our FIRST robot to inspire them. Our team members will motivate kids to start a FIRST Lego League at their own school or when they will study at La Ruche. The Carnicas 4952 students will act as science and technology ambassadors to elementary school teachers who are on the verge to start teaching robotic in their classrooms.

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4.1 PARTNERSHIPS AND RESOURCES ANALYSIS

Here is a list of resources and partners needed to achieve the various activities related to FIRST project.

Continuing training in robotics Resources Partners

Workshops designed for metal and wood working Financial partners to complete the tools purchase Computer lab with internet access Premises and equipment provided by the school Training sessions for the various teams Mentoring resources who want to share skills and

knowledge with the students

Robot construction Resources Partners

Registration to the Montréal robotic festival and the robot kit parts

Financial partners

Additional parts and materials for the robot (metal, plastic, pneumatic, electrical connectors ...)

Financial partners and material resources

Computers with internet access, Labview and Autodesk software

School, IT technician and mentors with knowledge of software’s

Access to a machine shop with tools for folding, cutting and shaping metal

Manufacturing partners, machine tools loan and expertise

Montréal regional event Resources Partners

Robot, tools and toolbox Financial partners and material resources Pit, banners and other visual conception Financial partners and material resources Computer and spreadsheet for scouting and data analysis

School

Accommodation, transport and food during the competition

Financial partners

Sharing knowledge with other FIRST teams Resources Partners

Contacts with more experienced teams in the area David Brassard from team# 3117 l’École Secondaire du Triolet

Facebook and website Mentoring and web hosting FIRST discussion forums (Chief Delphi)

KEY PARTNER ANALYSIS AND

STRATEGIES

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Community impact Resources Partners

Robot demonstration at elementary schools Mentors to supervise students

Creating video and documents to promote the project

Robot demonstration to our financial partners Mentors to supervise students

4.2 FINANCIAL PARTNERS, HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES

Our partners and their contribution Partner Contribution

ARMTEX 14 000$ donation which covers registration for the regional competition in Montréal, the robot base (6250$ ) and additional parts (4000$), and travel expenses (3750$)

2014 FRC rookie grant 4 000 US$

Conceptromec Mentoring, parts manufacturing, metal

Quais Bertrand Parts manufacturing, metal

Commission Scolaire des Sommets Staff liberation, laptop computer

Sherbrooke University Mentoring Labview programming, mechanical and electrical engineering

Carrefour jeunesse emploi Mentoring in entrepreneurship

Caisse Desjardins du Lac-Memphrémagog 500$ donation and 16 used computers

La Maison Oléa Raw materials and expertise donation to start our personal care products manufacturing company. Expected profits : 800$

Walmart Magog Competition T-shirts

Ludovic St-Laurent Team logo vectorisation

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5.1 OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPORT: IN-KIND DONATION

Here is a list of needs and costs for which our team makes a sponsorship request.

Description Number needed Single-item cost Total

Commercial carpet for the practice field 1 400$ 400$

Lego EV3 kits to start a FLL team (FIRST

Lego League)

4 400$ 1600$

Various tools needed to build the robot and

the practice field

1 4000$ 4000$

Team pit and banners 1 500$ 500$

Building season food (6 Saturdays lunches) 6 150$ 900$

5.2 OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPORT: MENTORS

Mentor roles Role description

CAD (Computer assisted

design)

Teach CAD to students (Autodesk software)

Marketing Assist with team marketing and creating a business plan

Electrical engineering Teach student on the team how to assemble and optimize the robot’s electrical components

Mechanical engineering Help students build a competitive robot

Graphic design Teach graphic design for team jerseys and banners

Finance Help students manage team funds and assist with fundraising

Engineering design Work with the team to pick a strategy and in designing a robot

Travel logistic Assist in organizing accommodation and transport to competitions

Translator Help translate a number of documents

5.3 SPONSORSHIP RESEARCH PLAN

Each year, in late November, we are planning, an evening presentation of the project to potential financial partners from the Magog area. During this event, we want to show our previous year robot, make a multimedia presentation and present the team members. The purpose of this event is to demonstrate the impact that the project have on FIRST students through the testimonies of students who have participated in this competition called coopetition (cooperation and competition). A personalized letter will be sent to local businesses that could potentially become a financial partner.

ANALYSIS OF SPONSORSHIP

AND MENTORING NEEDS

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5.4 POTENTIAL SPONSORS ANALYSIS

We used the directory of industrial companies in the Memphremagog MRC to guide us in choosing the companies targeted as potential sponsors. Employment sectors that best meet the needs and reality of the project were prioritized. The number of employees working for these companies was also considered. As the territory covered by the MRC and the school board is very large, businesses near the school were prioritized.

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8 10

2

1814

9 8

16

10

3

12 10

41 1 1

Number of companies per employment sector

765

586 570431

272 222 199 198 146 125 112 89 79 57 53 48 30 15 11

Number of jobs by industry

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Company’s distribution by geographical location

Less than 10

10 to 24

25 to 49

50 to 99

100 and more

92

37

19

10

12

Companies distribution by number of employees

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Here is the list of industries and of specific need that we have prioritized and the supporting arguments.

Industrial sectors

or specific need

Resources types Reasons for prioritizing

Metal products Material, financial and human

Many companies in the sector, large companies, potential mentors, raw materials and proximity

Plastic and rubber products

Material, financial and human

Large companies, potential mentors, raw materials and proximity

Machinery (Manufacturing)

Material, financial, human and manufacturing

Large companies, potential mentors, machine tools loan and expertise

Engineering and soil laboratory

Financial and human Large companies, potential mentors, raw materials and proximity

Information technology

Financial and human Large companies, potential mentors, raw materials and proximity

Printing Material Small company corresponding to a specific need and proximity

Transportation equipment

Material and financial Large companies, raw materials and proximity

Food supply Financial or material Company corresponding to a specific need and proximity

Tools Material Company corresponding to a specific need and proximity

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5.5 SPONSOR BENEFIT

Web site : banner √ √Web site : logo on the main page √ Web site : your company logo √ √ √ √ √Web site : link to your business √ √ √ √ √Web site : your company name √ √ √ √ √ √Robot : large logo of your company √ Robot : small logo of your company √Team shirts : large logo of your

company√ √

Team shirts : your company name

in large character or a medium logo√

Team shirts : Your company in

medium character or a small logo√

Team shirts : your company in

small character or a very small logo√

Pit banner : large logo of your

company on an individual banner √

Pit banner : large logo of your

company√

Pit banner : small logo of your

company√

Pit banner : your company name in

large character√

Pit banner : your company name in

small character√

School display : large logo of your

company √

School display : small logo of your

company√

Tournament : your company name

associated with the team name √

Mid-season : opportunity to

demonstrate the robot and talk

about our project to a group

√ √ √ √

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Main sponsor 10 000$ or more (or the highest donation)

� Team Web site

� A banner and a link to your website on the sponsorship page � Your company logo on the main page

� Team shirts

� A large logo of your company � Banner (displayed at events and tournaments)

� A large logo of your company on an individual banner � Robot

� A large logo of your company � School display

� A large logo of your company � Tournament

� Your business name will be announced at competitions whenever our robot will compete

Platinum sponsor 5 000$ - 9 999$ � Team Web site

� A banner and a link to your website on the sponsorship page � Team shirts

� A large logo of your company � Banner (displayed at events and tournaments)

� A large logo of your company � Robot

� A small logo of your company � School display

� Your company logo

Gold sponsor 1 000$ - 4 999$ � Team Web site

� Your company name on sponsorship page � Link to your website � Your company logo

� Team shirts

� Your company name in large character or a medium logo � Banner (displayed at events and tournaments)

� A small logo of your company

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Silver sponsor 500$ - 999$ � Team Web site

� Your company name on sponsorship page � Link to your website � Your company logo

� Team shirts

� Your company in medium character or a small logo � Banner (displayed at events and tournaments)

� Your company name in large character

Bronze sponsor 100$ - 499$ � Team Web site

� Your name or that of your company on sponsorship page � Link to your website

� Team shirts

� Your name or that of your company in small character or a very small logo � Banner (displayed at events and tournaments)

� Your name or that of your company in small character

Sponsor 25$ - 99$ � Team Web site

� Your name or your company name on the sponsor page.

All sponsors of $ 500 or more

� We offer the opportunity to make a robot presentation / demonstration to a group in the mid-season.

5.6 FUNDRAISING

Citrus fundraising

Team members must participate to the citrus sale, a school wide fundraiser. The money raised is used to fund several student activities, FIRST team students will be asked to set aside some money from the sale to help paying for accommodation fees during the Montreal regional event.

Skin Care Company

Last November, the team and one of our mentor, with La Maison Oléa started a skin care product business. 100 soaps and 200 bath bombs as been produced with raw material sponsored by La maison Oléa. Our mentor created specific recipes for our team. We produced a jasmine and lavender soap as well as two different kind of bath bombs. A team student created the Carnicas 4952 logo and the stamp for the soaps. The marketing team designed the labelling and the gifts packages for our products. The products were sold few weeks before Christmas. Product benefit of 850$ has been made.

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FundScrip

Next month, we will enroll Carnicas #4952 in FundScrip fundraising program. Supporters of our project will pay for their everyday expenses with gift cards bought from FundScrip. A percentage of the gift cards purchased, usually between 3 and 5%, will be donated to our group. We hope to raise 2000$ a year with this fundraiser.

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6.1 2013-14 TEAM BUDGET

Income

INCOME TOTAL (Cdn dollar)

Sponsors 14 250$ 2014 FRC rookie grant 4 250$Fundraising 1 050$

Total 19 550 $

Expenses

EXPENSES TOTAL FRC regional registration 6 250$ Field parts 350$ Tools 780$ Hotels at the Montréal regional event 2 500$ Food at the Montréal regional event (estimate) 800$Transportation (estimate) 750$ Build season food 670$Robot parts 4 000$ Pit area and pit banner 1 000$Team T-shirts 550$Miscellaneous 900$ Rollover money (for next year) 1 000$

Total 19 550$

TEAM BUDGET

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