List of Departments which funded MSXI 

• Systems Design Engineering - Deliberating Internally 
• Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering -
• Department of Management Science - Funded 1k for 2017
• Department of ECE - Funded 8k from 2017-2018
• Department of Chemistry - 
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
• CS Department
• Faculty of Science Foundation

Instructions 

1. Please check to see if your department has funded midnight sun in the past. Depending on your departments previous funding please adjust the template below. 
2. Please cc tak.alguire@uwmidsun.com and solar@uwmidsun.com
   Optional: Customize the email

Email Template

Email template for directly reaching out to the chair:

Hello Chair _____,

My name is ______ from the Midnight Sun Solar Car Team. We are one of the student design teams on campus with the goal of designing, assembling, and racing solar electric vehicles capable of highway speeds. We have a (significant|handful|number) of team members that are from the _____ department.

(The department of _____ has continued to support our team throughout our endeavors.)  I was wondering if we could set up a meeting time where we could discuss another potential sponsorship agreement with the department of _____.  

The (continued) support of the ______ department. We hope to hear back from you soon. 

Best Regards,

<Signature> 

Meeting Discussion Points

• Number of active members from the department: 
• Past sponsorship amounts: 
• Timeline and goal of MSXII
• Experience of active members; i.e. what they do on the team (which sub-team, tasks, etc.)