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Originally Posted by JB987
If teams actually do adhere to these definitions, I would expect to see a dramatic reduction in the number of teams claimed as being started, mentored or events previously claimed as being run by teams... The big question is whether or not judges are going to attempt to verify said claims. Hopefully CA judges won't continue to be swayed so much by the number claims that apparently led to this point...and focus more on the quality and effects of outreach efforts.
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They won't. It's a logistics issue really; The type of people you want as a judge are the type of people who don't have a lot of free time. Families, jobs, hobbies... they all get in the way. At best the judge will read your essay a week prior your event, maybe mark it up with some things to ask about, then watch your presentation, interact with your students, keep notes, and then after all teams are done, make a decision. I know I've had Chairman's judges who spent the week prior to the event traveling and they had no ability to read the essays in advance. The Chairman's judges (and all judges) are stretched thin as is without the onus of verifying claims.
Of course, this also assumes that the teams actually READ this and take it into account. Not that they have much incentive to do so since ignorance actually benefits them. (but I'm a cynic)