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Originally Posted by BrendanB
Where are these posted?
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Not surprisingly, it's somewhat hard to find if you don't know where to look.
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...ard-winners%20
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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan
I think a community sourced "Chairman's Audit Protocol" could be a good tool here. Maybe it could be referenced officially eventually. Setting a community wide standard for evidence of completed tasks would solve this issue provided judges or the community checked it at or before competition. I think the concept that teams do not disclose their submission, publicly, ahead of time also may make this concept worse.
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I think FIRST is heading that direction, with the winners being required to record their presentation, and FIRST publically displaying essays, videos, and presentations for everyone to see. Granted, this is just the winners, but a step in that direction.
Also, I've noticed over the past couple years a change in the wording of the award criteria. IT has been hugely focused on "significant measurable impact" more and more. They want to see numbers and data more now than ever, and they will grill you for that information. I think FIRST is heading there, and I think there is more accountability now with the increased emphasis on numbers and also the increased emphasis on "the previous 3-5 years" instead of your team's whole history. I.e. we can't ride on stuff team members did many years ago.