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Support a Robotics Club Tax Credit by the California Assembly - AB 624

4/9/2017

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FTC 11128 Team Inspiration recently notified us of a California Assembly Bill being co-sponsored by Assembly Member Brian Maienschein. His office would like to have support letters emailed by April 10 (tomorrow!), and we have a sample letter your team or coaches and mentors can use to show your support.

​From FTC 11128 Team Inspiration
Hello Robotics fans, families, supporters:

Wouldn't it be nice if we could get more donations & sponsorships for our robotics club? 

AB 624 Robotics Club Tax Credit will give companies incentives to support robotics clubs. This bill will help to encourage more donors to contribute funding to students' interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).  Link for bill:  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB624  (it will be amended to reflect community clubs)

Assembly Member Brian Maienschein has solicited Team Inspiration's  help in coordinating support for AB 624.  So far, the bill sponsors have only received about fifty (50) letters of support.  They need our help.  Please join us in writing support letters for this bill.  You are welcome to use or revise the attached sample letter to reflect your support.  It is important to have these support letters emailed by April 10, 2017 before the committee reconvenes for a hearing on this bill.

Email the signed support letter to
Nadra.Mamou@asm.ca.gov
Please forward this email to your friends and colleagues.  We need as much support as possible from parents, neighbors, community members, and companies.

Let's help to pass this bill so our robotics teams can get proper funding!  Thank you for supporting this proposed bill.
Warm regards,
Steven Chen - FTC 11128 Team Inspiration Captain
Madalyn Nguyen - FTC 11128 Team Inspiration Outreach Ambassador
Tracy Nguyen, O.D. - FTC 11128 Team Inspiration Outreach Liaison 

Below is a sample letter you can download and customize, as well as one from the Million Women Mentors group.​
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​and more background from FRC 1622 Team Spyder
Thank you everyone for helping,
 
If you did not know this bill was the brain child of FRC team 1622 Team Spyder from Poway, CA with the support of Poway Unified and Ramona Unified School District. In the effort to propose this bill, Team Spyder students met with the author Assemblymember Brian Maienschein for support, received support from Poway Unified acting Superintendent Mel Robertson and Ramona Unified School Board President Rodger Dohm whom meet with Senator Joel Anderson's staff gathering Joel's support to coauthor the bill. Through these efforts, Assemblymember Brian Maienschein, a Poway High School graduate himself authored AB624 Robotics Tax Credit Bill to Robotics Teams with up to $10,000 tax credits available to individuals and corporations.
 
FRC Team 624 gathered many signatures with the attached form from the San Diego and Ventura Regionals. The bill is going through committee's. Representatives from FRC team Spyder 1622 went to the Sacramento State Capitol to testify in committee, but unfortunately the committee was canceled that day to review the bill. We also went to Chairman Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas office to show support.
 
If you can gather more signatures and follow the instructions in the email below (Nadra.Mamou@asm.ca.gov) and attached, we would greatly appreciate any efforts that Robotics Teams can do. This is a direct support to every FLL, FTC and FRC team in California. It is not limited to FIRST Robotics in that it can help all Robotics Clubs. Please spread the word and gather as many signatures that you can! Helping to gather signatures in behalf of FTC 11128not only supports FRC 1622 Team Spyder, but also all California Robotics Teams!
 
Thank you,
 
Rodger Dohm
Poway High School - Instructor
CTE STEM Teacher on Special Assignment
Engineering Academy / Pathway Coordinator
Team 1622 FIRST Robotics Coach / Advisor
rdohm@powayusd.com
(858) 748-0245 x.5307
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