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Originally Posted by JG1902
The Chairman's Award, contrary to popular belief, is not only about starting x amount of teams. Hosting an offseason event is a great way to improve relations and provide a friendly atmosphere for the first community, in addition to giving newer teams more experience in FIRST events.
It's hard to tell what judges are looking for in a given year, but it's very easy to say that mentioning a team starting 12 teams is equivalently underselling its program as mentioning an offseason event.
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Chairman's is not about the number of teams you start or EVEN about having an offseason event. While these things are great in helping to increase awareness for FIRST and STEM education, it isn't the only way.
I had this big long bit written about some responses to this thread I've been reading, and really it boils down to a few things -
1.) Tell the story YOU want to tell, not the story you think the JUDGE wants you to tell
2.) Good luck to all the teams mentioned in this thread this weekend, you all have work extremely hard on this submission
3.) Good luck to every team who has won an RCA this year and is bidding for the big crown in a few weeks, I know how hard you all have worked
Peace,
CBJ