J.F. Webb FIRST Team 20012001

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J. F. Webb FIRST Team 2002-2003
The WEBBINATORS Team 837
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What Is FIRST?
F I R S T
or
nspiration and
ecognition in
cience and
echnology
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The FIRST Organization

• The organization was founded by Dean Kamen.
• FIRST is a program that was started so students
  could get hands on experience with science and
  technology.
• FIRST reaches more than 20,000 students.
• Over 600 teams compete in 17 competitions.

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Regionals
Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond,
Virginia

• Our regional competition in Richmond is the
  largest regional Robotics competition in the
  country.
• Sixty-six teams competed in the 2000-2001
  Richmond regional competition.
  

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Nationals
Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida

• Over seven hundred teams from all around the
  world compete in the national competition.
• Our team has an automatic invitation this year
  and every alternate year.

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The Webbinators

• Our team consists of three sub-teams Robotics,
  Marketing, and Animation team.
• Our team learns skills in areas such as
  Engineering, Computer Graphics and Design, and
  Entrepreneurship.

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Marketing

• Our Marketing team has gained entrepreneurship
  skills from BBT marketing classes.
• They are responsible for raising money and
  getting our name out to the public.
• The Marketing team also manages our budget.

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Robotics

• The Robotics team is responsible for building
  and planning the robot.
• They learn valuable engineering skills.
• They learned to work as a team.

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Animation

• The Animation team learns how to use 3-D Studio
  Max, a very complex computer graphics design
  program.
• This team creates a thirty-second commercial
  about what FIRST means to our team.

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Teachers and Volunteers

• We have had help from some of the best and most
  motivated teachers at Webb High School.
• We have also had help from the kind people at
  Plastic Ingenuity and BBT.

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SKILLS We Develop That Will Make Us GREAT
EMPLOYEES
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• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Organization
• Self-Confidence
• Spirit
• Enthusiasm

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• Communication Skills
• Public Speaking
• Written Expression
• Grammar and Usage

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• Computer Skills
• Graphic Design
• Desktop Publishing
• Word Processing
• Keyboarding
• Software Applications

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• Marketing Skills
• Fundraising
• Advertisement
• Public Relations
• Entrepreneurship

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• Engineering
• Precise Measurements
• Electrical Systems
• Welding
• Basic Carpentry
• Pneumatics
• Soldering

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Community Involvment

• The Blooming Festival
• We had an information booth and let people drive
  Willy.
• Relay for Life
• We had an information booth and a dunking booth.
• Homecoming
• Willy participated in the pep-rally and we had
  an information booth.
• Marketing Classes
• The Marketing Team takes marketing classes at
  BBT once a week.

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Ways You Can Help Our Team
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Raw Materials Needed

• 2 sets of T-shirts (35 one for each day)
• Arts Crafts supplies
• Plywood, PVC pipes, screws, bolt, nuts, aluminum,
  plexi-glass, 2x4s, 4x4s
• Charter buses
• Film Film developing
• Software
• Shipping
• Bulletin Board/colored paper
• Colored paper for handouts
• Give-a-ways
• Halloween supplies

• Blank T-shirt
• Paint (spray)-finger paints
• Markers
• Buttons
• Ink cartridges
• Party paint
• Silly string
• White board
• Two-way radios
• (for the pit at the stadium)
• Anything spider
• Anything Web

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Levels of Sponsorship
Controllers 1,000 or more System Board 500
or more Wheels 250 or more Wires 100
or more Nuts and Bolts 50 or more
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Levels of Sponsorship
Wires
Nuts Bolts
100 or more
50 or more

• Small advertisement on crate
• Certificate to post in window
• Link to your website from our website

• Certificate to post in window
• Link to your website from our website

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Levels of Sponsorship
Wheels
250 or more

• Small advertisement on T-shirt
• Small advertisement on crate
• Certificate to post in window
• Link to your website from our website

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Levels of Sponsorship
System Board
500 or more

• Small bumper sticker on robot
• Small advertisement on T-shirt
• Small advertisement on crate
• Certificate to post in window
• Link to your website from our website

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Levels of Sponsorship
Controllers
1,000 or more

• Large bumper sticker on robot
• Large advertisement on T-shirt
• Large advertisement on crate
• Certificate to post in window
• Link to your website from our website

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Proposed Robotics Budget 2002-2003
All numbers are estimations Regionals
Registration Fee for Regional Competition
5000 Additional Materials for robot (not
fixed) 2000 Construction of
shipping crate 200 Shipping
of robot to competition
500 Transportation of team to regional
competition 700 Hotel accommodations to
regional competition 1500 Total

9900
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Proposed Robotics Budget 2002-2003
Additional Expense Substitute Teachers
750 Kickoff event
(begin 6 week design period) 500
Marketing Materials
500 Team Spirit Items
(T-Shirt, food, etc.) 500
Administrative expense (developing, paper,
etc.) 500 Total
2,750
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Proposed Robotics Budget 2002-2003
Nationals Registration Fee for National
Competition 6000 Substitute
Teachers
750 Additional Materials for robot (not fixed)
500 Shipping of robot to
Competition 500 Additional
Marketing Materials
300 Transportation of team to national
competition 1700 Hotel accommodations to
national competition 1500 Total
11,250
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Proposed Robotics Budget 2002-2003
BOTTOM LINE
23,400
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This information shows how YOU can help
motivated students take advantage of a unique
educational opportunity!
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Thanks from the WEBBINATORS

• NASA
• National Society for Black Engineers
• BBT
• Gloryroad Internet Provider
• Plastic Ingenuity
• Parents of Team Members

• Granville County Schools
• J. F. Webb High School
• J. F. Webb PTO
• Microsoft
• Federal Express
• AND YOU !?!

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Please visit our Website!

• www.gloryroad.net/webbinators

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