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Originally Posted by JaneYoung

The longer you dwell on doubt and shadows, the further you remove yourself from trust and the light of integrity. It's a natural consequence.

This applies to every thought given to anything politically motivated or how teams take advantage of the system. You can spend your time spinning tales or you can do something useful - like work on the character of your contributions to the FIRST experience for yourself, your team, and your community.

Leave the decisions to the judges. Leave the judges and the process in which they arrive to the decisions - alone. Trust the process.

Jane

I believe the OP is doing anything but spinning tales, he is trying to improve a system to make it more accountable. Just as we have police officers to enforce laws in the real world, or refs and inspectors to ensure robots are following the rules, making the chairmans process more accountable will make a system which removes the possibility of doubt while simultaneously improving the accuracy of presentations and allowing everyone to see the inspirational work of others.

I'm all in favor of taping the presentations and releasing them,

- Alex