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Re: Chairman's Award -- is the bar too high now?
This thread takes me back to something I said many years ago that ended up as a spotlight quote here on Chief Delphi:
I would rather see teams be recognized for the things they do, than do things to be recognized.
It is certainly disheartening to fall into the trap/mindset of "If that's what Chairman's is, it will never be us."
There are real limits to what each team is able to accomplish in their own community, and chairman's should not be a battle based on quantification of the outcomes of a team's efforts, because it leads to a competition to engage in efforts without a genuine motivation to do so other than to win the award.
I do not intend this post to diminish the extraordinary efforts of some very well deserving teams. However, the types of activities for which some have been recognized are just not within the scope of our program, and likely never will be, and not because of any lack of motivation or resources but because of a difference in structural and educational philosophy, and the desire to put quality over quantity.
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Teacher/Engineer/Machinist - Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2011 - Present
Mentor/Engineer/Machinist, Team 968 RAWC, 2007-2010
Technical Mentor, Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2005-2007
Student Mechanical Leader and Driver, Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2002-2004
Last edited by sanddrag : 31-03-2015 at 02:36.
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