[Chris Fultz]

For the Chairman's Video - Alan is right. The CA is not about how good of a video you can make, and if it was judged, the award could become just that.

In the early years, the RCA could be submitted any way a team wanted and there was a lot of work and effort put into the presentation format. We presented in binders, in the form of a newspaper, as a formatted word document, and many teams did similar. Many felt that there was too much work put into the style, not enough into the presentation content.

As the award is now, the team materials and student presentation is what is being judged. That is part of the reason for the online submission in a basic text format.

Requiring a video is mixed. It is a lot of work, for something that might not be show at the event, but there is nothing to stop a team from using their video as a school promotion, posting it on YouTube, showing sponsors, etc.