Rookie All-Star at the Championship
 

Questions, Questions:

If a NASA grant rookie team that won a Rookie All-Star Award at a regional goes to the Championship Event, then do they do Chairman's interviews at the CMP like they did at a regional ?

How are rookie teams evaluated at the Championship ? By the Chairman's judges or by the floor judges ?

Re: Rookie All-Star at the Championship
 

No, they are not eligible for the chairmans award. Our team won the rookie all star award last year (though did not get a NASA grant, we had another source of funding) and were eligible for the Championship Rookie All-Star Award, but were not eligible for the Championship Chairman's Award.

Re: Rookie All-Star at the Championship
 

Clarification: Rookie teams, regardless of whether they are a NASA grant team, are not evaluated by a Chairman's Interview at the regionals. Judging for Rookie All-Star happens in the pits.

Rookie NASA-grant teams do need to prepare a Chairman's Award submission and need to send this to the designated person, and are welcome to hand to the judges in the pits. See Section 5.4.2 in the manual. Non-NASA grant rookie teams can also prepare a Chairman's Award submission or any other documentation and hand to the judges in the pits.

Some regionals in the past have allowed rookies to "practice" with a Chairman's Interview, but with the growing number of entries for non-rookies (there are some regionals that may have 20+ entries!) this practice is discouraged.

Hope this helps.

Re: Rookie All-Star at the Championship
 

thanks, very much.