2008 Regional Chairman's Award Winners

[Freddy Schurr]

NJ regional: Team 1676, Pascack Pioneers

[Chuck Glick]

NASA/VCU: 1086, Blue Cheese

[Tottanka]

Midwest Regional: 71 Hammond

[Tetraman]

Finger Lakes Regional: 340 GRR

[Freddy Schurr]

NJ regional: Team 1676, Pascack Pioneers
NASA/VCU regional: Team 1086, Blue Cheese
Finger Lakes Regional: Team 340, GRR
Midwest Regional: Team 71, Hammond

[Chris Fultz]

NJ regional: Team 1676, Pascack Pioneers
NASA/VCU regional: Team 1086, Blue Cheese
Finger Lakes Regional: Team 340, GRR
Midwest Regional: Team 71, Hammond
Granite State: 126
Oregon: 1318
St. Louis: 932
PHX: 842
Kansas City: 1429
VCU (not posted yet)
San Diego: 812

Congratulations All :)

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congrataulations one and all!

[arhajder]

I was just wondering what you guys did to achieve the awards? Like community service,etc.

[N7UJJ]

You can look at our Chairman's submission here: 2008 (http://www.phxhs.k12.az.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=56173&pagecat=379)
and pervious years submissions here: 2007 (http://www.phxhs.k12.az.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=50067&pagecat=291)
and
2006 (http://www.phxhs.k12.az.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=43588&pagecat=171)

Of course, these are just reports of what our team did and what we felt was appropriate to report that would be of interest to the judges. Achieving the award is a matter of judgment by some human beings that are looking at quite a few incredible teams.

After not winning a Chairman's Award, we wonder, "what could we have done better or I wonder what the judges were looking for...?" which, of course, is our competitive impulse talking. After a day or so, we realize that the things that we did, mostly, were not done for awards or recognition, but rather that they were fun or it was a very positive experience for us or others and it just grows year after year. More of a function of how much energy and time we invest.

Planning for the Chairman's Award a year ahead is great for brainstorming, but in the end, your team will do what is intrinsically satisfying to yourselves while being of service to others.

Since we are not bing involved in the judging process, we can only guess how the volunteers decide on the one winner. We tell our Chairman's team, after they have written the essay and practiced their presentation, that, if the judges are truly wise, they will study what the team has done (over three years?) and make their call. The Chairman's team (or essay or presentation) does/does not win the Chairman's Award, but rather the efforts of the entire current team and those who have graduated and parents and those who have been touched by your team. However, being humans, judges will possibly be influenced by the emotional impact of our presentation and the quality of the written work.

So, looking at other entries and seeking advice is good, but in the end, you will do what you do because it is satisfying and the Charmian's just happens (or not).

[Cactus_Robotics]

Congrats on Team 842 for Winning Arizona Chairmans 4yrs In a Row!

[falconmaster]

Congrats on Team 842 for Winning Arizona Chairmans 4yrs In a Row!

Thanks!
Thanks for all the kinds words throughout the year. You guys rock! Are you going to any other regionals?

[ptran]

San Diego Regional
TEAM 812, THE MIDNIGHT MECHANICS.

This is our third Chairman's Award. Next Challenge: shipping kids off to Atlanta.

[Justin Montois]

It's MARS 1523 in Florida. Congrats Guys!

[Pavan Dave]

Congratulations to my friends up north in Detroit, Team 27 RUSH for winning the Chairman's Award!

[talltree357]

Congrats to 291 C.I.A. for winning chairmans at Pittsburgh. Always a great team and good competition in the finals!

[rees2001]

Congrats to 768, We were rooting for you & the Baltimore Alliance!

Nice work Robyn, Fred & all the kids.

[Mr. D]

Congrats to 291 C.I.A. for winning chairmans at Pittsburgh. Always a great team and good competition in the finals!

I second this sentiment. It was a good weekend for CIA and Woodie Flowers Award winner Mike Hayes - Thanks for all your help CIA

[ebarker]

From TEAM 1311, Kell Robotics we would like to congratulate The Rockets, TEAM 34 for their win at the Peachtree Regional.

They just won the 2008 Peachtree Chairman's Award !!

A great award for a great team !!

[Mark Holschuh]

Congrats to Team 1714, More Robotics, on their Chairman's Award at Wisconsin. Great job!

[Salbert]

It's MARS 1523 in Florida. Congrats Guys!

Thanks!!! Everyone on our team is thrilled!!! I can't wait to present in Altanta!

[IndySam]

Cyber Blue does it again at Purdue, congrats guys.

Another great year of service to the community from 234.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congratulations to Cyber Blue. A solid program, a good team, great mentors and a very giving, community minded spirit makes a good Chairman's Team.

[PizzmasterP27]

Congratulations to my friends up north in Detroit, Team 27 RUSH for winning the Chairman's Award!


thank you:D ...yes team rush did win the detroit regional chairmans award

[sloteera]

BR Regional: #1860 - Cephatron

[MGoelz]

Cyber Blue does it again at Purdue, congrats guys.

Another great year of service to the community from 234.

Congratulations to Cyber Blue. A solid program, a good team, great mentors and a very giving, community minded spirit makes a good Chairman's Team.

Thank you!! We are very excited, and look forward to another shot at Chairman's in Atlanta. :)

[MGoelz]

Here's a list of all the Regional Chairman's winners through Week 3:

BAE Systems Granite State Regional: 126 Gael Force
Midwest Regional: 71 Team Hammond
New Jersey Regional: 1676 Pascack Pioneers
Oregon Regional: 1318 Issaquah Robotics Society (IRS)
St. Louis Regional: 932 Memorial Circuit Chargers
Arizona Regional: 842 Falcon Robotics
Finger Lakes Regional: 340 GRR
Greater Kansas City Regional: 1429 KAOS
NASA/VCU Regional: 1086 Blue Cheese
San Diego Regional: 812 Midnight Mechanics
Boilermaker Regional: 234 Cyber Blue
Chesapeake Regional: 768 TechnoWarriors
Connecticut Regional: 236 TechnoTicks
Detroit Regional: 27 Team RUSH
Florida Regional: 1523 MARS
Peachtree Regional: 34 Rockets
Pittsburgh Regional: 291 CIA
Silicon Valley Regional: 604 Quixilver
Wisconsin Regional: 1714 More Robotics
Brazil Regional: 1860 Cephatron

If anything is wrong, just let me know. :)

[Tetraman]

Already there are some major teams to win it. 71, 340, 234, 27 and 291...

You could even make the case that some "newer" teams could take it. 1523 is one.

This year is hard to call...and we are only half way done!

[John Wanninger]

Congrats to Team 1714, More Robotics, on their Chairman's Award at Wisconsin. Great job!What an outstanding team! - I don’t know of a team more deserving of the Chairman’s Award than 1714. Through their relentless hard work, passion, and dedication they have created a truly model program that puts into practice the ideals of FIRST, bringing opportunities and inspiration to so many! Team 1732 has benefited tremendously from the efforts of More Robotics, as have so many others in our area and beyond.

[Mike Wittman]

Thank you John and Mark and everyone else for your kindness and congratulations. With all the prominent FRC teams in Wisconsin we know we stand in good company.

Congratulations to you John on winning the Woodie Flowers Award. I personally know you to be very deserving of this award.

Mark congrats on the Imagery Award. Your team really looks hot.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Coingratulations to Team Rush. This team has had a quality program for so very long. As everyone has pointed out above, there are so many deserving teams. I am glad I am not a Chairman's judge this year. It is going to be very hard to choose a single outstanding team. With teams like 71, 27, 234, 34, 126 and 340 just to name a few that I know, First will be a round a long time. Congratulations everyone!

[MayaPapaya27]

woot woot! we (team 27) won at the detroit regional!

[JYang]

Congrats to team 692 for winning at the Davis regional!

[Stephi Rae]

Congratulations to team 488 winners of the 2008 Chairman's Award at the Microsoft-Seattle Regional!!

A very deserving team!

[Richard McClellan]

Congratulations to Team 1108, Panther Robotics, who won the Regional Chairman's Award at the Lone Star Regional! I heard these guys give their presentation, and they were awesome!

[jgannon]

Congratulations to team 612 for winning the Chairman's Award at the Buckeye Regional. This is their third consecutive year winning the award, albeit at different events.

[Lil' Lavery]

Congratulations to team 612 for winning the Chairman's Award at the Buckeye Regional. This is their third consecutive year winning the award, albeit at different events.

Another congratulations to 612 for winning the Chairman's Award at Buckeye. They have only been submitted Chairman's Award entries for three years, and have done it at three different events (2006 Chesepeake, 2007 VCU, 2008 Buckeye) and won all three. They've also won an assortment of Engineering Inspiration, Entrepeneurship, and Team Spirit awards in part or wholly because of efforts related to their Chairman's Award. Congratulations, they are truly a class-act team in FIRST.

[GaryVoshol]

Congratulations to Team 226, our neighbors to the north in Troy, who won the Chairmans Award at West Michigan. And a Judges Award as well. Great job!

[Stillen]

Is there anyway to find out who has applied for the Chairmans Award at the Boston Regional? I'm just kind of curious who else will be presenting...

[Pjohn1959]

Congrats to team 1108 for their win at Lone Star. They are an awesome team who is always willing to lend a helping hand. I believe that this is their
4th chairmans. Pretty good for a team that has only been around since 2003.

[JYang]

Is there anyway to find out who has applied for the Chairmans Award at the Boston Regional? I'm just kind of curious who else will be presenting...

There is no list that is showed to the public. The only way to find out who else is entering will probably be through asking all of the teams if they're applying or the pit admin (some regionals they will tell you)

[Gaurav27]

Congratulations to Simbotics, Team 1114 for winning the Chairman's Award at Waterloo! :cool:

[jill399]

399 won Chairman's at the Los Angeles Regional!

:D
See you all in Atlanta!

[Rick TYler]

About 11 zillion kudos to Team X-Bot (488) for winning Seattle Chairman's. They've done a lot for a bunch of students over the years, and are always willing to help teams in the region any way they can. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of people. Congratulations!

[JYang]

Here the list of all the Regional Chairman's Winners up through week 4:

BAE Systems Granite State Regional: 126 Gael Force
Midwest Regional: 71 Team Hammond
New Jersey Regional: 1676 Pascack Pioneers
Oregon Regional: 1318 Issaquah Robotics Society (IRS)
St. Louis Regional: 932 Memorial Circuit Chargers
Arizona Regional: 842 Falcon Robotics
Finger Lakes Regional: 340 GRR
Greater Kansas City Regional: 1429 KAOS
NASA/VCU Regional: 1086 Blue Cheese
San Diego Regional: 812 Midnight Mechanics
Boilermaker Regional: 234 Cyber Blue
Chesapeake Regional: 768 TechnoWarriors
Connecticut Regional: 236 TechnoTicks
Detroit Regional: 27 Team RUSH
Florida Regional: 1523 MARS
Peachtree Regional: 34 Rockets
Pittsburgh Regional: 291 CIA
Silicon Valley Regional: 604 Quixilver
Wisconsin Regional: 1714 More Robotics
Brazil Regional: 1860 Cephatron
Buckeye Regional: 612 Chantilly Robotics
Lone Star Regional: 1108 Panther Robotics
Los Angeles Regional:399 Eagle Robotics
Microsoft Seattle Regional: 488 X-Bot
Oklahoma City Regional: 476 Wildcats
UC Davis Sacramento Regional: 692 Fembots
Waterloo Regional: 1114 Simbotics
West Michigan Regional: 226 TEC CReW Hammerheads

Congrats to all teams! (let me know if anything is wrong)

[ebarker]

Here the list of all the Regional Chairman's Winners up through week 4:

BAE Systems Granite State Regional: 126 Gael Force
Midwest Regional: 71 Team Hammond
New Jersey Regional: 1676 Pascack Pioneers
Oregon Regional: 1318 Issaquah Robotics Society (IRS)
St. Louis Regional: 932 Memorial Circuit Chargers
Arizona Regional: 842 Falcon Robotics
Finger Lakes Regional: 340 GRR
Greater Kansas City Regional: 1429 KAOS
NASA/VCU Regional: 1086 Blue Cheese
San Diego Regional: 812 Midnight Mechanics
Boilermaker Regional: 234 Cyber Blue
Chesapeake Regional: 768 TechnoWarriors
Connecticut Regional: 236 TechnoTicks
Detroit Regional: 27 Team RUSH
Florida Regional: 1523 MARS
Peachtree Regional: 34 Rockets
Pittsburgh Regional: 291 CIA
Silicon Valley Regional: 604 Quixilver
Wisconsin Regional: 1714 More Robotics
Brazil Regional: 1860 Cephatron
Buckeye Regional: 612 Chantilly Robotics
Lone Star Regional: 1108 Panther Robotics
Los Angeles Regional:399 Eagle Robotics
Microsoft Seattle Regional: 488 X-Bot
Oklahoma City Regional: 476 Wildcats
UC Davis Sacramento Regional: 692 Fembots
Waterloo Regional: 1114 Simbotics
West Michigan Regional: 226 TEC CReW Hammerheads

Congrats to all teams! (let me know if anything is wrong)

Congrats to all !!

I have a question - which of these teams have names that are related to the school mascot, and which don't ?

For example : 399 the eagles, 842 the falcons, 476 the wildcats, 34 rockets
Do these also double as school mascots or are they unique to the team ?

I'm guessing maybe 20 % correlate to school mascots ??

[Ed Sparks]

Congrats to all !!

I have a question - which of these teams have names that are related to the school mascot, and which don't ?

For example : 399 the eagles, 842 the falcons, 476 the wildcats, 34 rockets
Do these also double as school mascots or are they unique to the team ?

I'm guessing maybe 20 % correlate to school mascots ??

Team 34 - Rockets is not related to the school mascot. North Alabama (Huntsville) has a lot of space based businesses and NASA's "George C Marshall Space Center".

[Spiffizzle]

Congrats to all !!

I have a question - which of these teams have names that are related to the school mascot, and which don't ?

For example : 399 the eagles, 842 the falcons, 476 the wildcats, 34 rockets
Do these also double as school mascots or are they unique to the team ?

I'm guessing maybe 20 % correlate to school mascots ??

Just thought I would let you know... Team 1676 The Pascack Pi-oneers, are purposely not related to our school mascot. We're a district team comprised of two sister schools, and as such, we decided to create our own identity, complete with separate colors and mascot.

One school being the COWBOYS and the other the INDIANS, we decided to stay along the same "theme."

Also, here is a link to our 2008 Chairman's award submission:
http://www.team1676.com/viewpage.php?page_id=138

[ee399]

I can't say anything about the other teams, but our school's mascot is indeed the Eagle. Our team colors, however, aren't related to the school.

[Pat Arnold]

Congrats to all !!

I have a question - which of these teams have names that are related to the school mascot, and which don't ?

For example : 399 the eagles, 842 the falcons, 476 the wildcats, 34 rockets
Do these also double as school mascots or are they unique to the team ?

I'm guessing maybe 20 % correlate to school mascots ??

MARS (Mega Awesome Robotic Systems) Team 1523 does not have the same mascot as our school sponsor (Jupiter High School: Warriors), but instead selected an acromyn that has a more high tech/science feel & compliments our town of Jupiter. Home schooled & private school students have been team members, so being associated with our community in general works well.

[Lil' Lavery]

Congratulations to Team 341, MISS DAISY, for winning the Philadelphia Regional Chairman's Award!

[Gaurav27]

Congratulations to Team 1547, WHERE'S WALDO? , for winning the Greater Toronto Regional Chairman's Award!

[Freddy Schurr]

Making a Regional Chairman's Award List (Help if you want)

NJ regional: 1676, Pascack Pioneers
Philadelphia Regional: 341, Miss Daisy
Greater Toronto Regional: 1547, Where's Waldo

[Mark Holschuh]

Congrats to the Green Machine, who won at the Minnesota Regional. They put a tremendous amount of work in preparation for this event. It was a great event, and the award is well deserved.

[JYang]

Making a Regional Chairman's Award List (Help if you want)

NJ regional: 1676, Pascack Pioneers
Philadelphia Regional: 341, Miss Daisy
Greater Toronto Regional: 1547, Where's Waldo

Pg 2 and 3 has a list
I'll post up an updated list tomorrow when all regionals are over

[TheBestOfFIRST]

My personal belief is that the chairman's awards submissions should be made public to the FIRST community. Not only as a system of checks and balances on wether or not the team has done as they say but also as a way to inspire other teams. We are always more then willing to share our ideas in the pits by why not with everyone?

[minirose224]

Congrats to the Green Machine, who won at the Minnesota Regional. They put a tremendous amount of work in preparation for this event. It was a great event, and the award is well deserved.

Thank You!
Team 1816 The Green Machine from Edina, Minnesota won the Regional Chairman's Award at the Minnesota Regional!

[Pjohn1959]

A huge congrats to Team FUSION #364 for their RCA at the Bayou. A well deserved win for a team that does a lot for others.

[RyanN]

A huge congrats to Team FUSION #364 for their RCA at the Bayou. A well deserved win for a team that does a lot for others.

Thanks a lot! I have always dreamed of winning the Chairman's award, and now as a Senior and the leader of the team, I'm very happy. There was a lot of tough competition at the Bayou, and I want to say that I'm exceptionally proud of my team and hope they continue the tradition of giving back after I leave.

[JYang]

Here the list of all the Regional Chairman's Winners:

BAE Systems Granite State Regional: 126 Gael Force
Midwest Regional: 71 Team Hammond
New Jersey Regional: 1676 Pascack Pioneers
Oregon Regional: 1318 Issaquah Robotics Society (IRS)
St. Louis Regional: 932 Memorial Circuit Chargers
Arizona Regional: 842 Falcon Robotics
Finger Lakes Regional: 340 GRR
Greater Kansas City Regional: 1429 KAOS
NASA/VCU Regional: 1086 Blue Cheese
San Diego Regional: 812 Midnight Mechanics
Boilermaker Regional: 234 Cyber Blue
Chesapeake Regional: 768 TechnoWarriors
Connecticut Regional: 236 TechnoTicks
Detroit Regional: 27 Team RUSH
Florida Regional: 1523 MARS
Peachtree Regional: 34 Rockets
Pittsburgh Regional: 291 CIA
Silicon Valley Regional: 604 Quixilver
Wisconsin Regional: 1714 More Robotics
Brazil Regional: 1860 Cephatron
Buckeye Regional: 612 Chantilly Robotics
Lone Star Regional: 1108 Panther Robotics
Los Angeles Regional:399 Eagle Robotics
Microsoft Seattle Regional: 488 X-Bot
Oklahoma City Regional: 476 Wildcats
UC Davis Sacramento Regional: 692 Fembots
Waterloo Regional: 1114 Simbotics
West Michigan Regional: 226 TEC CReW Hammerheads
Israel Regional: 1577 SteamPunk
Bayou Regional: 364 Team FUSION
Boston Regional: 839 Rosie Robotics
Colorado Regional: 159 Alpine Robotics
Great Lakes Regional: 68 Truck Town Thunder
Greater Toronto Regional: 1547 WHERE'S WALDO
Hawaii Regional: 359 Hawaiian Kids
Las Vegas Regional: 987 High Rollers
Minnesota Regional: 1816 The Green Machine
Palmetto Regional: 1398 RoboRaiders
Philadelphia Regional: 341 Miss Daisy
SBPLI Long Island Regional:329 R.A.I.D.
New York City Regional: TBA next week

Congrats to all teams! (let me know if anything is wrong or if I'm missing any regionals)

[N7UJJ]

My personal belief is that the chairman's awards submissions should be made public to the FIRST community. Not only as a system of checks and balances on wether or not the team has done as they say but also as a way to inspire other teams. We are always more then willing to share our ideas in the pits by why not with everyone?

Maybe not mandatory, but a voluntary repository would be valuable. We do post ours: 2008 (http://www.phxhs.k12.az.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=56173&pagecat=379), 2007 (http://www.phxhs.k12.az.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=50067&pagecat=291), 2006 (http://www.phxhs.k12.az.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=43588&pagecat=171) I think some other teams do also.

It's just part of our "open source, raise the bar, GP" philosophy. I think reading other submissions can inspire other teams.

We host the regional FLL competition and we have a camera and microphone in every presentation room. That way parents and others can watch their team without being physically in the room. It is a very popular feature. It would be neat if the Championship (if not the Regional) chairman's Award was videotaped and made public. Perhaps all the presentations could be taped and given to presenting team.

Anyway, we agree with you. We learn so much from each other. We host the NURC (http://www.h2orobots.org/) competition and we tape and/or web cast everything we can. We have received many, many emails from groups thanking us as the videos and documents are better than any textbook.

[Bcliff358]

So of all these great teams, who has the best chance to win the big one? My vote is for 236.

[Elgin Clock]

What's the rule on Championship Chairman's Award elgibility teams? Is it ONLY teams who have won it this year??

Basically what I'm getting at is there are what, at least 41 teams in the running if it's only this years winners??

I think it's time to award more than one at the Championship Event.

Or limit how many a team can win at the Regional level.

There are some great multiple year Regional winners in every part of this country. Even if we were to only give the Championship Chairman's Award to the teams who has won more than once at a Regional level, we would still be here for 10 years.

As the number of teams in the program grows, so should the number of Awards based on Trophies.

In the long run, we have so many great teams at the Regional level that it's very proud to know that we have all these great teams in FIRST, but also at the same time very discouraging to see a team win (the same) regional multiple times in one year, and other teams who have great programs not.

I'd rather see variety on the C/A side of things than consistency in all honesty.

Just my 2 cents though.

I'm glad that once you win a Championship Chairmans Award you are ineligible in the future to win again at the Regional level.

I also know this is the (albeit twisted) reason some people are cheering on local teams - because they themselves are a little discouraged at seeing the same team winning over and over again, and can't wait till they have that Championship win which will force them to stop winning at the Regional level. I'll be completely honest - I'm cheering for 236* because of this very reason. (But I'm also not saying they don't deserve to win, as they have proved that they are C/A worthy time and time again by winning at the regional level - I just feel it's time to give some of these multiple regional winners their Championship Chairmans Award trophy, and move on handing them out to different teams at the regional level.



*I'm only singling out 236 because I've personally seen them be awarded the C/A regionally multiple times.
I know there are other teams who have done this as well, I just don't know numbers off hand.

[Dreadfulsoul]

I'd say leave it as it is. that is what makes winning the Chairmans Award so great. to be one of the few teams to have won it and go into the Hall of fame.

[Jack Murphy]

I’m on quite a roll. I was sitting with MARS in Florida and right behind Truck Town Thunder in Ypsilanti. Anyone want to invite me to the ATL?

[Ken Delaney 357]

Not to be rude, but I honestly hope we win the Championship Chairman's Award. Our team does so much throughout the year that we do not have the time or money to do much more...

This is the only year Team Fusion has won the Chairman's Award, and I would really love to go all the way. We have influenced the lives of over 500 people just within this past year.

Then you have already won what really matters.

[SaraBailey]

Blue Cheese is not our school mascot. FYI.

But congratulations to everyone else who won!

[greg light]

we got closed out of firstaward way before time, and we couldn't put in the chairman's award. We could have won.

[greg light]

go job to all the teams who won

we will see you next year