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Originally Posted by vhcook
Rookie All-star is a way to recognize new teams that really get the culture of FIRST. A strong candidate for the award would manage, while still brand new, to not just build a robot, but also start to explore the entrepreneurship, business plan, community outreach, and other aspects of the program. A Rookie All-star winner has made a good start on the sustained effort it takes to win Chairman's.
I think the current judging process for this award is working well. Other than teams that have actively mentored them, most of the teams at a regional (particularly visitors for whom this is not the home region) are not going to be that aware of what a rookie has done in their community. It's largely the same reason Chairmans is selected entirely by judge's panel. It's easy to see at a regional whose robots are working well - it's all out there on the field. Seeing who is doing the other parts of the culture of FIRST well really takes a different kind of attention, and those other parts of the culture are what the award is about.
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Originally Posted by rsisk
You can see the difference in the wording. The RI is the rookie team that "is getting there", the RAS is the rookie team that "is there"
RI = outstanding effort
RAS = exemplifying
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If your a Rookie Team (at least in my experience)... your NEVER going to "be there" your first year.... coming in... we'd seen video of the games, but never of the pits... there is nothing in the manual about the social aspects of the game, it was the volunteers and safety inspectors that informed us about that... We knew from reading the manual that we couldn't apply for a Chairman's award, but missed that we should apply anyways... as did we have to make last minute adjustments to our robot (as did nearly every team have to make last minute adjustments as well)....
I agree not all Rookie Teams are equal... but hopefully we are all "Getting there" some closer than others"..