[EricH]

Originally Posted by Programmer3941

My rookie team submitted an essay and executive summary online (even though we're not doing anything with a NASA grant) and is preparing a video and tricked-out notebook. However, we have also been preparing for a "Judges' Interview." Is that just a component of Chairman's Award submissions, or is that a necessary part of getting the Rookie All-Star Award (or do all teams do that?)?
I suppose, from reading this thread, that we at least need printed copies of our essays and our DVD for the judges at our event.

Any guidance along these lines would be much appreciated.

For the Chairman's, the judges get a few of your team in a room off to the side for a few minutes. That's where the DVD is given and the presentation/interview happens. As rookies, you aren't eligible for Chairman's. As such, you won't get that interview.

Your judges' interview, as rookies, is whenever the RAS judges stop by your pit. That's when you'd hand them the essay and/or a DVD. It's much more informal, and there isn't a "presentation" per se. You can also have the DVD playing in the pit on a dedicated laptop, or some similar device, all day if you want to.