[ngreen]

GP isn't the chairman's award. It is about how you act. And if you listened to Dean this year take these terms at face value. What does straddling mean? Straddling. What does Gracious Professionalism mean? Being gracious and professional. If you can't figure it out from here go ask Webster.

Also it just so happens that awards depend on how you act. How you present yourself. How you communicate ideas and thoughts. This is why people who act in a GP are more likely to win awards. But awards aren't given out for being GP barring I think 294 gives out an award.

I know this may be out of the thread but I need to respond to this in some way too. Teams creating spare parts list and then getting parts for team is not a sham. It is a act of GP to be the team that gives that spare parts list and not get upset when the other team get credit so to speak. My team worked on doing such a thing (we didn't get the other teams involvement this year but hope to next year). I personally helped pass out 300 fliers making sure that every team got a list of our spare parts this weekend and am proud to say that our team gave away in the range of 40+ parts. My proudest moment this year and probably most inspire moment in FIRST so far is when a team we had given some parts on Friday came back on Saturday morning. The mentor was so thankful that he gave our team some of there extra lunch coupon books. Then half an hour later a couple team members stopped by our pit to say thanks. This made everything we do worthwhile and is far greater than any award I could get.

I will post more about NRLB and plans for next year at a later time. I have several new ideas that could make this more efficient (have more parts) and let other teams be involved.