Where do you submit Chairmans? Why? [Archive]

Kyle

07-02-2005, 20:52

MOE 365 was thinking about submitting our Chairmans at the Philly regional.
The reason are Philly is our "home" regional

I was wondering where other teams plan on submitting there Chairmans award and why they plan to submit there, are you doing it just because it is your "home" regional or because it is where you have had previous success? Also if you have to choose between more then one regional what makes one better over the other.
I just wanted other teams inputs on how they make theses decisions and why them make them.

Eugenia Gabrielov

07-02-2005, 21:12

Team 461 will be submitting our Chairman's Award entry to the Midwestern Regional this year.

Our decision of where to submit it changes from year to year. It is based on the history and competition of the regional. Use your best judgement in preparing an appropriate presentation and submittion.

MJ Hastie

07-02-2005, 21:22

Team 195 is submitting our chairmans award to the UTC New England regional.

Partly because it is our home regional. But it is also the only one that we always go back to every year. We feel that our team is best known there.

KathieK

07-02-2005, 21:27

RAGE (173) is also submitting to the UTC New England Regional. It is also our "home" regional and we feel comfortable there. We will be posting our online submission on our web site (http://www.rage173.org) after the deadline and encourage other teams to do so as well. It's only by sharing this information that teams can learn from one another!

Good luck to all!

Joe Matt

07-02-2005, 22:19

VCU, like always.

EricH

07-02-2005, 22:35

We change where we submit every year. In 2003, it was LA. 2004, Phoenix.
2005, none of the above, but a California regional. We think that submitting at the same regional twice may make winning too easy, or too hard, and doesn't give the judges much of a break. ;)

--Eric

DCA Fan

07-02-2005, 23:35

MasonMM

10-02-2005, 22:15

we have and will always enter at the lonestar regional. we feel that REGIONals should represent the teams in that area or REGION, so it wouldn't be right to go another regional and try to show off the things we do at home. Although are chances would most likely change (possibly for the better) at winning a regional chairman's award at other regionals, we still feel it's right to only compete for it in our own regional.

Koko Ed

11-02-2005, 05:01

KathieK

11-02-2005, 06:05

... the Hall of Fame presentation (I'm hoping that they move it out of the pits and into the front hallway this year).

I second that! I had little opportunity to visit the pits last year and every time I grabbed a few minutes to try and go through the Hall of Fame it was very crowded so I didn't see much of it. I don't think many of the people on my team got to see it. I hope it gets moved to where it will generate a lot of interest.

RoboMom

11-02-2005, 09:52

The X-Cats are submitting thiers to the Finger Lakes regional.
Although we no longer are eligible to win the award we are still required to produce one in order to participate in the Hall of Fame presentation

Hi Ed, doesn't really matter where you submit the Chairman's entry as these will be flagged by FIRST as Hall of Fame entries
(because of your team # x 2!), and will not be judged regionally. FIRST is encouraging these Hall of Fame teams to also submit a DVD. FIRST is really hoping to get some more video they can use at kickoff, etc. Have your committee look over 9.2.6 if they haven't already.

krunch79prez

08-03-2005, 17:47

we are presenting at the central florida regional because it is our home regional

preussrobotics

08-03-2005, 18:13

We are posting to Southern California, our home regional. Something to consider if you don't post to a nearby regional is that sometimes judges will go out of their way to award a local team an award over a 'visiting' team. There is no rule about this, but it does happen.

Rob

tiffany34990

08-03-2005, 19:12

S.P.A.M. submits our chairman's at ucf-Florida regional...it's our home regional and the regional we have been always been submitting and make our name truly well known there with the judges and teams.

good luck to all chairman award submitters.

Dorienne

08-03-2005, 19:22

Team 007 is submitting their Chairman's Award at the Chesapeake Regional. Mainly because it is our home regional, and we are not awkward in submitting it there. We have been with this regional since 2003, its starting year, so we are not uncomfortable at all with it being judged. We love the Chesapeake Regional! =)

Koko Ed

08-03-2005, 19:41

Hi Ed, doesn't really matter where you submit the Chairman's entry as these will be flagged by FIRST as Hall of Fame entries
(because of your team # x 2!), and will not be judged regionally. FIRST is encouraging these Hall of Fame teams to also submit a DVD. FIRST is really hoping to get some more video they can use at kickoff, etc. Have your committee look over 9.2.6 if they haven't already.
We'll be starting work on the video and the Hall of Fame redesign this week. We have alot of time between now and the championship with no competitions to go to between then.

krunch79prez

08-03-2005, 22:10

the out of area chairmans is no disadvantage..... our team (from florida) won it at the colorado regional last year.

richardp

08-03-2005, 22:17

Team 116 is presenting at the Cheasapeak regional. Since we arnt going to VCU this year and is the only regional we are attending. Also we have been there every year and since its not week one it gives more time to practice or touch up our presentation.

omutton

08-03-2005, 22:29

richardp

08-03-2005, 22:33

... but probably are disadvantaged whether it be politics or the fact judges are more likely to give the award to a local team.

No it has everything to do with years and consistency of excellence, and GP. At no point does it have anything to do with politics or judges favoring anyone. I don't know but I will check if a Canadian team has won Chairmans in America and just the opposite.

Karthik

08-03-2005, 22:39

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there hasn't been a Canadian Team to win a Chairman's at an American regional. We have thought about applying at an American regional, but probably are disadvantaged whether it be politics or the fact judges are more likely to give the award to a local team. The day will come when we win it at an American regional!
I'd have to disagree Oliver. Team 1114 submitted in Long Island last year and received great reviews. The judges were very impressed with the submission, and were honoured that we chose to spread our message in Long Island. FIRST judges have awarded RCAs to non local teams in the past, and I don't see why a Canadian team would be any different.

This year Team 1114 is submitting in Waterloo. The regional is the new "home base" for the NiagaraFIRST.org teams, so we figured it was the most appropriate place to submit.

Chris Fultz

07-04-2005, 21:04

We (234) submitted at Central Florida. We also attended the Boilermaker Regional, but were very involved in it (sponsors as judges, members on the planning committee, etc.) and felt it was better to not submit there, just as our personal preference.

I think maybe some of the other teams that were part of the planning felt the same way - but that is my thought, not theirs.

I know it really doesn't matter that we were involved, but we felt better submitting somewhere else.

PS - great job, Krunch 79! in Florida

BandChick

08-04-2005, 16:46

1089 submitted at Jersey. We were very aware of our competition, and that we can't compare to teams that have many more years behind them. But we did it because that's our home, that was our starting ground, and that's the community we mostly affect. I'd love to say I know we're going to keep submitting it there, but I don't. I only hope we do. :)

Vu2000

09-04-2005, 01:07

We submit to Southern California Regional every year since it is our home regional. The regional chairman's really is for honoring the team that made the most difference in their local region, as shown by their home regional. I really think that submitting to another regional takes away opportunities from teams that consider that regional their "home" regional, but that's just my opinion.

This is exactly why Team 812 always submits to the Southern California Regional. We understand that we could go to a smaller regional to compete against less teams; however, one of the main things we stress is Team San Diego. It just wouldn't be right to talk about your home community without being at the closest regional. We want to let people see what we have done in a community that is close to them. If we submitted at a different regional, the judges and community of the regional just wouldn't be as connected.

Dorienne

09-04-2005, 01:12

I was wondering where other teams plan on submitting there Chairmans award and why they plan to submit there, are you doing it just because it is your "home" regional or because it is where you have had previous success? Also if you have to choose between more then one regional what makes one better over the other.

007 has been submitting theirs to the Chesapeake Regional since 2003, mainly because it is our home regional. We love it there, and we're well-known at the Regional, so we're confident in sending it there instead of a Regional we're hardly known at. We have not won Chairman's yet, but we are extremely confident that we will very soon.

We have not had the problem of choosing between one Regional over the other, but if we had to, we would look at the factors of being well-known, what teams are there, how many rookies there are, etc. It mostly depends on statistics...for me anyway. =)

OZ_341

09-04-2005, 10:24

I know on Team 341 we have a strong sense of HOME. We feel that we have two regional homes Philly and Chesapeake. Although I see nothing wrong with submitting to remote regionals, I think our team needs to feel a connection to the Regional they are submitting too.

We have been to Chesapeake all 3 years of its existence. We attend the Maryland State Fair Competition and volunteer there. We work closely with Mike Wade and Pete Baltzell for Ramp Riot and other off-season events.

I could be wrong about this, but I don't think the kids would ever want to submit somewhere that was not Philly or Chesapeake.