[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

I agree with most of your post, but not necessarily this little section.
Anyone I've talked to on a Hall of Fame or Chairman's team claims that their drive wasn't "to win an award", but more to change the culture of their community, team, and school.
The award for most is just a bonus.

Anyone that asks me about applying for Chairman's Award has always gotten the same response from me:

To do what we've always done, striving to be better, helping others where we can, and making a difference for our current crop of students/school/community.
One of the most daunting tasks is trying to raise money to compete in FIRST. Most teams dont start their year saying lets plan on going to Hawaii 4-5 times per year while doing Robotics. That's us, just the other way around.
We do what we do, in order to survive and receive the funding support we need in order to compete. This in turn allows us to do what I mentioned above. The bonus is we all enjoy Robotics.