Originally Posted by (from above .pdf file from USFIRST)

9.2.3 Submission Information
The criteria for the 2006 Chairman's Award are essentially identical to those in 2005, with the exception that
the submission will need to be signed by the Team Captain/Student Representative and a team mentor to
certify that all the contained information is complete and accurate. The judges focus on teams’ activities over
a sustained period, as distinguished from just the six-week design-and-build time frame.
The FIRST Robotics Competition is not about machines; it is about the experience of people working together
toward a shared goal. Documenting and preserving your team’s FIRST experience becomes an important
component of the over-all FIRST experience.
9.2.3.1 Submission Content
The Chairman’s Award is presented to the team judged to have created the best partnership effort among team
participants and which best exemplified the true meaning of FIRST through measurable impact on its
participants, school, and community at large. There is no single “best way” for a team to win the Chairman’s
Award. Many factors come into play. The primary factors the judges will evaluate are:
1. How strongly does the submission document the impact FIRST has on the learning experience of
the students, school curriculum, engineers, and/or community?
2. Has the team explained/demonstrated why/how it should be a role model for other FIRST teams to
emulate?
3. How well has the team communicated its excitement and impact within the entire school,
community, and beyond (state/nation) through participation in FIRST?
4. Has the team documented an innovative way to spread the FIRST message?
5. How strong of a year-round team partnership effort is reflected? (You can define partnership in
many ways, including: the partnership among the team’s students/corporate sponsor/engineers;
school/university sponsor/engineers; students/adults; community/team)
© FIRST 2006 FIRST Robotics Competition Manual, Section 9 – The Awards, Rev C Page 6 of 35
6. As a whole, does the content of the documentation exemplify the true meaning of FIRST?
Your Chairman’s Award submission should include documentation for all the above factors.