Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

These looked fantastic in person and the teams loved them!! it was easy. We just told Alex and Liz to come op with something and they did

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

Frankly, I rather liked the design. Granted I have no idea what the old ones looked like. Nice, simple, and industrial. My assumption (due to the talk of pillars that fall off) is the old ones were the big gawdy trophies that every competition ever uses (I have a friend who races 4-wheelers, he has a gigantic pile of the things which you seem to get for showing up with pants).

I big gawdy trophy doesn't make the achievement any greater, the things are all cheap and mass produced anyway. If you want to give one to a sponsor, you can likely have one made for 20$ (just making up figures) that they could put on display and put their name on it to boot, or you could give one you have for a desk ornament.

These could be better, but I much prefer them to the generic trophy style that all sports seem to give out.

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

Take a search and you'll see the other awards that they hand out are nothing like any other sport. The search feature is a really nice thing to have if used properly.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/33420

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

Ah, well I stand corrected :D those are much cooler than I envisioned.

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

does anyone else remember the OLD trophies for Winner and Chairmans?....the ones that were so big you HAD to hold it with two hands?

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

We broke two of our district awards already!

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

What do folks think of this one?

I think this might have been a nice lower cost solution for this year.

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

How do we know that FIRST actually paid for these trophies this year? Perhaps these were the ones the trophy company was willing to donate this year. Free is free and I don't think FIRST would turn down any donation. However if FIRST did choose these and pay for them I think they are missing the mark. FIRST is based off donations and sponsors. Many of our teams would not exist if it wasn't for the generosity of local and big business.

I like some of the ideas that are being developed here on CD. It seems that creating a new trophy system could be a really great addition to a Chairman's presentation. If a team/s were able to source enough trophies to cover all events and all awards and then presented this to Manchester, would Manchester really refuse the donation by this group? Worst case scenario (If FIRST was opposed to the idea) this group would have these trophies and could just mail them to each respective winner as a supplemental trophy. Its all about having the solution in hand when you talk to FIRST about it otherwise it just comes off as complaining.

If teams can go out and find 10K from single sponsors surely finding trophies for every winner (including outside US) could be just as easy.

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

Just wanted to keep you guys in the loop - if you emailed me to help - I have started writing something and plan to share it with all of you as a Google Doc after the Championships.

(Personal note: I have this week to finish all my university work, then heading to Championships, and then taking my finals. I promise I will get things to you then.)

That way, things will get to FIRST after they have calmed down from 'Championship mode.'

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

We've got you beat! We broke two (in half) and cracked another. One merely fell over on a desk and broke. :(

And for those of you who haven't seen them in person, they are not a stable design (i.e, the base is not weighted in any way). Think dominoes. We resorted to using velcro to hold them in place when we display them.

After talking with some FIRST HQ people at MSC this past weekend they wanted some pictures of the broken trophies to send to the vendor. So we'll see what becomes of that...

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

It's been awhile, is there any movement on the possibility of bringing ideas to first?

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

Here's a pic of the Minnesota State High School League Robotics Trophy from the inaugural State Tourney for Robotics.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1155901...96670190583330

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

I'm just happy our team won the State Rookie All-Star Award. Our team has a weekly newsletter and even made judges binders with all of our documents and outreach in it.

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
 

There is a contest being held currently for award design. Take a look here for the details!

Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies