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If your team has not yet paid, you will have until Mon. Aug. 25. If payment is not received, your team will be dropped to the wait list.

Out to the Teams:
Welcome to the 2014 Battle O’Baltimore. The BoB Awards Planning Committee has come up with new names and new awards to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the actual battle! We hope you will enjoy and learn a bit from these.
Details about all the awards can be found on the web site. Several are peer nominated- so be sure to pick up your team’s ballot at the registration table when you check in, and return it to the welcome table by the 2 pm deadline for your vote to be counted.
The one important award that needs to be submitted in advance is the Commodore Rodgers Mentor Award. Submissions should be emailed to “bobawards@inbox.com” by 6 pm Monday 1 September. The submissions will be sent to a distinguished panel of former Woodie Flowers Regional Award winners for judging, and the BoB Mentor of the Year will be announced during the competition. Please pass this nomination form on to your students and mentors.
Criteria and entry format for the mentor award are as follows:
Award Criteria

1. Teach and Inspire (50%)
- Teaching concepts (engineering, computer science, business, marketing, PR, etc) that are integral to FIRST team activities.
- Inspiring students to pursue additional learning and career opportunities in these fields
- Teaching problem solving, teaming, negotiation skills
- Empowering students to learn and expand their skill sets.
2. Build Partnerships and Communicate (25%)
- communicate to students
- communicate to other adult mentors
- communicate to parents
- communicate to educators / corporate sponsors / school administration
3. Model FIRST Values and Behavior (25%)
- Gracious professionalism
- Coopertition
- Respect
- Team Leadership with integrity
- Ethical and honest behavior

Entry Details
Any team member can nominate a candidate
Only one nomination per team will be accepted
Entry should be written but should not exceed a six-hundred (600) word essay
Essay should be submitted on attached entry form to bobawards@inbox.com, no later than 1 September.
Mentor submitted must have a team registered and attending at the Battle O'Baltimore event where the award is presented. Mentor need not be present at the event, but it is greatly preferred.
Commodore Rodgers Mentor of the Year Award– Nomination Submission Form

Name of person being nominated:

Nominee Team #:

Name of person submitting nomination:

Describe why the person being nominated should be recognized through this award (600 words or less):