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Originally Posted by philso

It would be great if more of FIRST could follow your example, especially if it is a matter of saying a few more words. Perhaps you can provide your training materials to the FIRST.

I feel like I'm in an experimental stage, and there are certainly flaws to my proposal. So as they get worked out they will surely be shared with FIRST, but a lot of the inspiration was from current judging processes from FIRST. Really..it's just been localized.

Please be aware that the awards are also used to generate support, financial and otherwise, for the teams from their schools and sponsors, whether or not the team members are truly motivated by those awards.

I'm well aware, and I do think there's merit to having awards be a motivation. I just want to raise the point that it shouldn't be the only or primary motivation.