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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 ................................................................................ Page 20
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
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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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
Market analysis and strategies
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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.
2824
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