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Originally Posted by rsisk
EI is a near term RCA. RCA focuses over multiple years with emphasis on recent stuff. EI focus on this year and last year. That is the primary distinction.
I guess another distinction is RCA is judged by RCA judges, EI is judged by the pit judges.
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Sort of this.
In my experience EI is judged differently at different regionals. At North Star, for the past few years, it has definitely been "runner up Chairman's" (in 2012 1816 won RCA and 2220 won EI, in 2013 2220 won RCA and 1816 won EI), while at least at Northern Lights this year, it seemed to be judged quite differently.
I've always been curious about the distinction, but I'm loath to say it's as simple as that universally.
As to why it's so ambiguous-- my guess would be that it's intentionally made to be a flexible award so that different regionals can use it as it suits them. I may be very wrong about that (it isn't like I have any magical insight), but that would be my best stab in the dimly illuminated room.