[Jay O'Donnell]

I guess I'll focus on your second to last point, about teams who have won the chairmans award. The last three winners of the chairmans award up here in New Hampshire have been 166 the chop shop, my own team 1058 the PVC pirates, and team 131 CHAOS. I obviously know what my team has done, but even looking at the other two, its obvious why they won the award. Team 166 goes into their community, they hold offseason events, and they are one of the most well sustained teams in our area. My own team does a lot of work doing outreach events to spread the word of FIRST. Team 131 has been around for 20 years, and has always been a major part of their Manchester community. The good thing about this? These three teams are within 30 minutes of each other in southern New Hampshire. This proves to me that there are plenty of deserving teams out there in the world. These teams are looked up to by the rest of FIRST, because they are doing what Dean Kamen has been asking to do the whole time, which is creating self sustaining teams and to spread the word about science and technology. I also know many teams in my area who have not won a chairmans award, although they are well deserving. In my opinion, not winning one drives these teams to do more to do what FIRST is asking. So in summation, the award is the goal, and teams will do anything for that recognition, which is forcing more and more teams to be active members of the community. Hope this was the type of answer you were looking for!