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Unread 03-03-2013, 10:20
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Re: Awards with no submission details in the manual
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Originally Posted by Qbot2640 View Post
How does a team win one of the many awards that are given out that have no details about how to submit in the manual? They all seem to be selected by "Judges" - and it almost seems like they (the judges) just choose from the attending teams, but I can't see how they would know who some of the winners should be without some kind of submission or interview.
There is a ppt in NEMO that gives some advice in addition to what is said in the previous posts. http://www.firstnemo.org/resources.htm "Judging 101". Caveat: this presentation was given in Nov. 2012, so not all the updates for 2013 season are there.
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