Maybe i am crazy, maybe i think that some of you are crazy, but who know...
I voted to have the CA not mandatory but the Executive summary should be. I don't know how many of you actually know what the executive summary is so i will show you! You can find it on page 8 at this link
2003 FRC Awards . Yes thats right its a single page form that you can fill out to give feedback to FIRST on what you liked, disliked, and what you think FIRST should do in the future. So everyone who says this is a burden to teams, maybe you should look at things and think of what you say before you say it. Because i can spot other times when you have complained that you cant give FIRST your feedback as an individual or as a team. The E.S. is your chance to do it. Granted it is supposed to be turned in with your Chairmans Award Submission (with out an ES for a CAS, the submission will not even be looked at), but if you don't turn in a C.A.S., whats stopping you from still turning the Executive Summary in!
Now if you still are thinking oh this is still a burden, then i don't know what to say, because i know many of you out there can sacrifice an hour or two, to work with your team and submit at least the Executive Summary form.
~Mike