For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

Vision & Mission

Divisions

Jr. FLLGrades:

K-3

FLLGrades:

4-8

FTCGrades:

9-12

FRCGrades:

9-12

FIRST Divisions

Worldwide Build season Yearly game

FRC Team formed in 2007 at HF-L, combined with RH in 2009

28 students and 15+ mentors

2 school districtsA student led teamA teaching team

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Build Season

Competition Season

Pre Build Season

SummerRecruiting and Elections

Kickoff

Early Jan

6 weeks

Design

Build

Test

Regionals Competition 2017 Finger Lakes at RIT

Buckeye Regional at Cleveland

Championship (Detroit)

RIT was tough; robot performed well Advanced to Semi-Finals in Cleveland (among

70 teams) What did the students Learn?

Speed up early design process so we can get more practice

Need to execute each robot operation as fast as possible (cycle time)

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Opportunities Scholarships

Experience

Career options

Community Service

Supplements School Curriculum

Fun!

Gracious Professionalism (voted by other teams) Industrial Safety Award (Underwriters

Laboratory)

Harrison James (WPI) Sam Fedele (RPI) Corey Diogaurdi (RIT) Brian Alexander (RIT) Jared Gooding (Binghamton) Victor Halfman (FLCC) Emma Hagreen (Syracuse) Katie Farnam (MCC)

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• Total 2016/2017 annual budget $36,500 ($50,000 if we qualify for

Championship)• $14,500 business sponsors

• $ 2,500 team fundraising

• $ 3,500 individual donations

• $ 10,000 member/family support of travel (ex: $350 ea for Cleveland trip)

• $ 6,000 HF-L support (2 advisors @ $2500, transportation @ $1000)

• Each year students develop the overall business plan and develop the

budget for building and promoting the robot ($20,500)

• We have developed reserve funds to support Championship competition

(~$8,000), to support next year’s operating budget (~$19,000), and to provide

financial support to team families when needed (~$1,000)

• End-of-year reconciliation and reserve allocation process similar to School

District budget process

• Unique funding model relies only ~16% on District/taxpayer support

• Currently seeking new 501(c)3 partner (enables Team to accept tax-free

donations and permits streamlined banking/purchasing processes)

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Sponsor Financial In-Kind Total

GM* $ 5,000.00* $ 5,000.00

Xerox $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00

Southco $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00

Pittsford Federal Credit Union $ 1,500.00 $ 1,000.00

SkyPort IT $ 500.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,000.00

Lego $ 500.00 $ 5,000.00

QVI $ 500.00 $ 250.00

Ruck’s Pizza Kitchen $ 325.00 $ 325.00

Sub-Total $ 14,500.00 $ 19,575.00

Individual Donations $ 3,500.00 $ 2,000.00

Fundraising $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00

* Addl $5,000 from GM if we qualify for Championships

Total $ 20,500.00 $ 825.00 $ 21,325.00

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• Additional space (shared shop and lab space, flexible use space, potential for

machine shop space)

• Provide/support advisors, especially marketing/business ($)

• Continue support for transportation to local events (RIT, Ruckus, Kickoff) ($)

• Continue to support 8th grade field trip to RIT ($)

• Additional recruiting support, especially at RH

• Additional (RH) transportation support for RH students ($)

Thank you very much for 11 years of great support!

Q & A