[Miss157]

As someone who is currently in the process (almost done!) of writing 157's Chairman's Award essay, having examples that another team has done to look at has helped a lot. We've never submitted for the award before so this is a learning process for not just myself but also my mentors. One of the very questions asked and the main points of the essay and executive summary is along the lines of "What are characteristics that your team has that other teams should emulate", therefore I think in the very spirit of the Chairman's Award, it should be public.

Also, I don't think that there really is any 'special sauce' a team could have. I'm not sure about other teams, but many teams in my area, 467 for example, and my own team included... We're all very public and open with our outreach and operations. We don't really have anything to hide.

Lastly, I think in the very spirit of Gracious Professionalism, a team should be doing outreach to help people or inspire people, not to win an award. Then again, if you're only doing outreach to win an award, I suppose the good that comes from it comes either way?