Chief Delphi - Chairman's Award Finalists...A Fact

Posted by Michael Martus at 04/10/2001 2:33 PM EST

Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems.

In Reply to: Chairman's Award Disadvantages
Posted by Kyle Fenton on 04/09/2001 6:18 PM EST:

To my knowledge there is no ranking of Chariman's submissions.

The difficulity is that there are many, many great programs that spread the word about FIRST. These programs are the foundation on which the community of FIRST is built. Without these efforts the FIRST organization would not be as great.

I have tried for the last two years to get FIRST to make a Dean's list recognizing the efforts of many teams that do great things. The list would have no min. or max. numbers but would have a certificate recognizing the efforts of the team.

Making the Dean's List IS a big deal.

I know personally that Team 121 has a powerful program as deserving of the Chairman's Award/ or Finalist as any other of this years winners.

There is an idea of posting the 1 page review we all sent to FIRST (required) so that all teams can see what each of us do. This would justify in the minds of all why each team was chosen.

AS to BIG BUDGET teams: We have several resources for support other than Delphi. We only have 28 students on the team as in the past. What we do great is stretch our dollars and add in fundraising. We use what is called title monies ( Gov. ) as appropriate to cover many expenses. We are a Title 1 School. Your administrator will know what Title 1 Monies are.