[ratdude747]

I would expand this out to anybody nominated by thier team for the award. that by itself gets you the "semifinalist award" (I have the bronze pin to prove it). this goes along with honestly earned woodie flower semifinalists; that in itself is an honor.

the things that set apart the people on the list, imho, are:

- dedicated and commited. They show up when they can. They never or at least rarley make excuses.
- professional. they mean buisness. they take all meaningful things seriously.
- skilled. they do what they do and do it well. if it needs done, they can be trused to deliver.
- outgoingness. they are not afraid to go out of thier comfort zone (with limits) and try new things.
- mentor-like. they mentor younger members. they allow younger members to lean and gian knowedge and skills, rather than treating younger members as "stupid" and leaving them behind.
- enthusiastic- they love what they do and keep up morale.
- leadership skills. they posses leadership skills, regardless of any official leaderhip role or lack therof. if they were needed to lead, they could take the bull by the horns and keep the ship afloat and on couse.

I was a semifinalist on my former team last year. based on the essay written about me and what the mentors told me, I got the award because of:

-despite knowing that I would not be on the team next year (moving), I was very committed and almost never missed a meeting. Most team leaders ont he otherhand often missed meeting due to exuses ranging from "I had a date" to missing a critical presentation due to rescheduled Lady Gaga concert.

-I was the go-to guy on lathe work. sure, I was very skilled at electronics, but so was the Electronics captain. On the lathe, I could work magic and take a sketch on paper and make it in a timely fashion. I also taught my skills to younger members. I even taught the mentors some skills.

- I was very professional and knew what i was talking about. if one had a question, I had an answer or at least knew where to find it.

- I was never afraid to work extra hard and extra long. I often missed out on parts of lunch on satrday since I would often finish my job before I ate (which I still do, i don't eat until either i hit a good stopping point or my work is done). If i did something, i did it right each time, every time.

I was not a leader of anything officially that year. I wanted to make sure members that would exist next year had a chance to lead.

Congrats to all past and current nominees and winners of dean's list; you are the standard other members should try to emulate and model off of.