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From FIRST
1. Prequalifying Teams (same as 2003): 1. All prior Championship Chairman's Award winners
2. Original and sustaining teams from 1992
3. 2003 Championship "Stack Attack" winners
4. 2003 Point qualifiers based on the previous 5 point or more system
Note: The existing Point System will be discontinued after the 2004 season. 2. Merit Based Qualifying Teams from the 2004 season: 1. Regional Chairman's Award winners (1 per Regional)
2. Regional Engineering Inspiration Award winners (1 per Regional)
3. Regional Rookie All-Star Award winners (1 per Regional)
4. Regional Champions (3 per Regional) 3. Open Registration in the Fall:For 2004 and beyond, a select number of Championship spots each year will be available for open registration. These slots will be based on the number of years since a team last attended the Championship. All teams will be classified in a Tier
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Here is some information from this year. Looks like FIRST will revamp the point system or do away with it. This may be a good place to start making suggestions of which awards, if any, should earn points toward '05. In my opinion, no award should earn you points especially the Regional Chairman's because it creates a "They won it last year so let's give it to someone else" mentality.