[Cynette]

To quote the FIRST website, "The Chairman’s Award was created to keep the focus of the FIRST Robotics Competition on our ultimate goal to transform the culture in ways that will inspire greater levels of respect and honor for science and technology, as well as encourage more of today’s youth to become scientists, engineers, and technologists."

The leadership of your team should work to develop team goals for activities that would fullfill that ultimate goal. There are numerous ways of doing that. You may want to research past winners of the award to see what type of activities they have chosen to do. One of the things you will discover is that each team used very different methods to create an impact on their team, and the community and beyond.

I hope you don't end up choosing activities just because it might help with a Chairman's Award. I hope your team picks activities that have a personal impact on your team and on your community!

For this year and going forward, use the Chairman's essay and video as your chance to document your team's history. Answering the Chairman's questions gives a look inside your team beyond the 6 week build season and the competition that follows. I love reading our teams first essays to see how we have changed through the years!