[vhcook]

I like the soft limit on the presentation. I like posting the winners' submissions. I like being able to have a non-speaking mentor in the room to observe. I am very disappointed by the removal of the feedback form.

I was our non-speaking mentor for our first Chairman's presentation and our Dean's List interviews. After discussing it with the presenters and nominees, I picked a spot to stand out of their field of view with a good line of sight to the judges and tried to vanish into the wall. I can give useful feedback to the Dean's List Nominees based on my experience conducting job interviews. For the Chairman's team, basically all I can do is take notes on the presentation, record what the judges asked and how the presenters responded, and attempt to face-read the judges. I can't give any objective feedback on the quality of our overall Chairman's submission.

Depending on the judges and the event, the feedback form was of highly variable utility, but it was at least some outside feedback. I'd be happy to settle for one thing they liked and one area to improve, but we really need something.