Your Daily Random Comment

[Unome]

The downside of our SO team not getting much funding from the school means that we can't afford to attend as many invites as we'd like because we'd have to pay for it all out of pocket.

Same here, would be nice to be able to afford another out-of-state (though undoubtedly you all have it harder in NC).

I can't name a team that gets funding from their school tbh

Are you sure you know what your team does/doesn't get? There may be more than you realize.

[antoine_ego]

Same here, would be nice to be able to afford another out-of-state (though undoubtedly you all have it harder in NC).

I can't name a team that gets funding from their school tbh

Are you sure you know what your team does/doesn't get? There may be more than you realize.

As far as I know, new members pay a fixed due at the beginning that pays for WSSL buses (weird MA thing) and the buses to our state tournament. All invite buses are paid for out of pocket. What would funding from the school look like anyways, besides buses? All build materials are paid for out of pocket.

[Unome]

I can't name a team that gets funding from their school tbh

Are you sure you know what your team does/doesn't get? There may be more than you realize.

As far as I know, new members pay a fixed due at the beginning that pays for WSSL buses (weird MA thing) and the buses to our state tournament. All invite buses are paid for out of pocket. What would funding from the school look like anyways, besides buses? All build materials are paid for out of pocket.

Buses are pretty substantial. It's possible there's something for involved teachers, though I can't think of anything off the top of my head.

[daydreamer0023]

Are you sure you know what your team does/doesn't get? There may be more than you realize.

As far as I know, new members pay a fixed due at the beginning that pays for WSSL buses (weird MA thing) and the buses to our state tournament. All invite buses are paid for out of pocket. What would funding from the school look like anyways, besides buses? All build materials are paid for out of pocket.

Buses are pretty substantial. It's possible there's something for involved teachers, though I can't think of anything off the top of my head.

There was at least one case where alumni donate to the school so much that the team's whole trip to Nats was paid.

[EastStroudsburg13]

Most schools allocate some portion of their budget to extracurriculars, which then gets split up further. Generally I assume it's to cover operational costs mostly, but sometimes coaches can submit receipts for build purchases or other such expenses to get reimbursements. It's generally not a lot of funding, but I'm willing to guess that more teams get this form of funding than most people realize.

Also, as Unome said, some coaches receive a stipend for taking on the additional responsibility of coaching a team. I'm not sure if it's typically included in the budget or not, though.

[Unome]

Happy birthday to Bryant, founder of YDRC

[whythelongface]

Happy birthday to Bryant, founder of YDRC

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[Alex-RCHS]

Man, Nats 2016 was so great. Even though I loved it at the time, I still wish I had appreciated it more somehow.

[pikachu4919]

Man, Nats 2016 was so great. Even though I loved it at the time, I still wish I had appreciated it more somehow.

Ditto to that (then again I def appreciated it a ton since it was the first time we had made it in many years)

[whythelongface]

Man, Nats 2016 was so great. Even though I loved it at the time, I still wish I had appreciated it more somehow.

Ditto to that (then again I def appreciated it a ton since it was the first time we had made it in many years)

2017 was the first year after a two-year hiatus being in second place at States for us.