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Re: Changes to Chairman's

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi View Post
I was thinking about this as well. Hypothetically, my loophole would be to talk about how FIRST involvement influenced my team to start other STEM programs, such as VRC or VEXIQ, BEST, etc. The "Message of FIRST" prompt would also be a place to talk about how spreading the ideals learned from FIRST can be done through various programs.
Yup, there's also plenty of other spots other than those specific Executive Summary questions where this can be addressed.

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If the judges are explicitly told by FIRST to find lesser value in entries that mention other programs, I would be disappointed, but I don't think that will happen.
Agreed, I highly doubt that these sorts of efforts would be discouraged. Especially since they've been rewarded at the highest levels of FIRST in the very recent past.
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