Chairmans Award Dinner With Dean.
 

Okay so my question for everyone is this. At the regional competitions and at the championships we were informed that the winning teams of the regional chairmans will send 3 representatives and the entire Championship Chairmans Award winning team will attend a dinner at a time to be announced at a location to be announced, hosted by Dean Kamen.

So where do you think its going to be?

What if ...
 

What if the dinner was at Walt Disney World? Now that would be a nice reward for spreading the Spirit of FIRST.

McDonalds- I'll bet he'll spring for supersized too.

Good enough for me....

Even at Mc Donalds, dinner with Dean would be really cool!

It would have to be a big mc donalds if they wanted to fit everyone in though, and we should probably call ahead to warn them of a big group.

Drive through in his Hummer. That would be cool, but EXTREMLY GEEKY.

Drive through on segways. :)

Chairmans Award Dinner With Dean
 

I know it was to be at Deans Place. What I was wondering is
when is it going to happen? They were to contact the school
with info, what happened?

your team leaders should have the information now.

Yup.

Looks like an interesting event!

Who is going?
 

Will everyone (all 22 Regional winners and the National winner)
make the dinner?

Not sure about everyone, but the BeachBots will be represented, by myself and Courtney_330 among others. I can't speak for anyone else.

Yup I'll be there!!!!!!:D SO WHO ELSE IS GOING!?!?! Also my dad and another girl, Mary, will be there. Me is happy!

So far our team hasnt got any info on this. Although i heard it would be at dean's house.

Chairmans
 

Team 103 will be there!!:

Dinner at Deans
 

We have not received any info yet. Has anyone received any official information yet?

team 957 will send their 3 reps...
 

yeah the pacfic northwest chairman award will send their representives to this event, we are very excited, im not going but im still proud cause i typed most of the paper for the chairmans award that won our award. well team 957 will see you there everyone
Nate

I am going. And I am sure that the dinner is at Dean's house. I'm pretty sure it said so in the information.

Should be fun, never been to West Wind or New Hampshire for that matter.

I am still happy about winning the chairman's award. It was awesome. I can still remember the announcer listing stuff we had done, and I started looking around at my teammates. I kept on telling myself it couldn't be us, that it was some other team, and then he called out our number.

Sorry for reminiscing, but that memory involuntarily attached itself to the post. ;)

:D

anyone driving?
 

For the local (Northeastern) Chairman's winners,
are you flying or driving since it is only a one day
event?

:)

Does anyone plan on wearing their metals or pins?

Knowing my friends the answer is probably yes.:D Team 564 is going.

I know that this is kinda a dumb question but I am still gonna ask it anyway. What do we wear? Is it formal/casual/business/ team shirts or whatever. I asked some ppl and they said that back east is a little more formal than here in California. I mean everyone wears shorts and a tank top to church or a fancy dinner in the beach cities and I have no clue what it will be like there. So if anyone else knows please tell me. :p

what to wear?
 

FIRST said the dinner will be informal.
(So no black tie or formal dress necessary)

They would like the teams to wear their team uniform/T-shirts.

:)

Besides how formal do you need to get when there are pictures of Woodie wearing a suit with tennis shoes.:)

Team 341 Miss Daisy will be present, however, 357, Royal Assault will not :-(

I don't know about the medals, I was thinking about the pins and stuff, I know my team is wearing our shirts and such.

Re: Chairmans Award Dinner With Dean.
 

This was about a year ago...
Does anyone know what happened with all of the stuff we talked with FIRST about while in manchester last summer?
I know i've been outa the loop for awhile but i'm wondering if anything happened that can be traced back to the slave labor work FIRST forced us into under the guise of getting to play at deans house ;) .

Re: Chairmans Award Dinner With Dean.
 

YES -
From the Hall of Fame work came the Hall of Fame at the Championship. After leaving Manchester several individuals from Hall of Fame teams along with FIRST staff formed the HoF committee and participated in several conference calls throughout the year along with transferring files back/forth.

Using the summer workshop/celebration notes,concerns, and suggestions as a starting point this committee and/or FIRST:

1. revised competition rules to allow Hall of Fame teams to submit a Chairman's entry directly to the Hall of Fame to encourage the exemplary teams to "keep going" without negatively impacting/discouraging other current teams from submitting and competing for the CA.
2. created/designed the Hall of Fame display for Atlanta. FIRST procured the display setup and lighting (someone help me here, it came from a major FIRST sponsor, but I don't remember who), and each Hall team that created a submission was invited to create a display according to criteria (developed from the summer workshop notes).
3. designed/created a special Hall of Fame pin ("star status") that goes to teams and Hall of Fame banner (only one that hangs in the Hall of Fame) to recognize the ongoing efforts of HoF teams.

-The Hall of Fame was a huge successs as there was 100% participation from exising members. The display showed a great deal of diversity, dispelling the myth that there is only one way to win the CA, solidifying the fact that it's about growth/helping others, and hopefully inspiring more teams to submit entries. For 103's pictures of the Hall please see http://www.cybersonics.org/cybersoni...os/champ04.asp
I'm sure the CD forums include more pictures of the whole display as well and FIRST highlighted it in their latest newsletter: http://www.usfirst.org/about/news/em...-04/index.html

As for the "other part" of those summer workshops - promoting the Chairman's Award itself - these changes and enhancement were spawned from that work (some of this is obviously interwoven with the Hall of Fame since it is synonomous with the CA):
1. More event dignitaries and major FIRST sponsors gained more exposure to the Chairman's Award in 2004. This was most evident at the Championship where those FIRST volunteers dealing with VIP's and "FIRST Ambassadors" (MiKe Sperber in particular comes to mind) led those key people to the Hall of Fame where adults and student team members from these CA Winners could express their gratitude on behalf of all teams and educate them on the true meaning of FIRST. In the past these people would see the robotics competition and were encouraged to visit the pits and talk with teams which was good, but there was no real way of knowing who walked away with the "big picture" and who saw only some of what FIRST is about. There were also many more FIRST Ambassadors in 2004 than there were in 2003, which means someone was listening last summer and worked their butts off to get all of those folks to Atlanta.
2. Dean himself convinced his friend and producer Paul Lazarus and White Dwarf Productions to create a video highlighting the 2003 winner (team 103) in an effort to promote what FIRST is about and the CA. Paul in turn convinced Noah Wyle to narrate the video. Not only was Paul gracious enough to donate the incredible amounts of time, but also a camera to Team 103 for the year. 103 shot, catalogued, and shipped more than 20 hours of footage to White Dwarf that then had to be worked and reworked to the final product in California. Both parties were in constant communication up until just a few weeks before Atlanta, ensuring the best product that embraces the ideals of the CA. Not only was that video shown in Atlanta, but Paul gave team 103 permission to distribute it via the team website (see http://www.cybersonics.org/cybersoni.../atlanta04.asp ). This project was so successful that Paul and White Dwarf remain committed to the project. The camera has been passed along to Team 254 and we look forward to the seeing the best FIRST has to offer as the Chessy Poofs grace the big screen in April of 2005.
3. Electronic CA submission process allows for more access by more people (teams, judges, the public). While the Word document rules were a little cumbersome, FIRST is well on it's way to addressing it and it will be extremely user friendly for 2005. In all a streamlined process makes the submission more accessible and more "doable" for teams who saw the submission process as unattainable in the past.

So....the short answer is, ABSOLUTELY, that groundwork laid last summer has been utilized and continues to be utilized. While it does not always appear evident on the surface, FIRST listens to the concerns, needs, and suggestions that come from teams.

Re: Chairmans Award Dinner With Dean.
 

Awsome!
Thanks for filling me in on what i missed.