[Steve W]

I think it might have been getting the team to understand urgency.There always seems to be the thought that we have lots of time. If we were rookies I would understand. We had problems with this last year and things did not improve much this year. The other issue was Chairmans Award. The team felt that they couldn't win so why bother. It came to a point were I lost it (not the best thing to do when trying to set an example) and started yelling. For some reason I couldn't get them to understand that you can learn alot about yourselves and your direction by doing the Chairmans. Cooler heads prevailed eventually and the submission was made. I am not sure if they learned anything (hey guys let me know) but it should make it easier next year to get done.

Personally time management was an issue. Work, robotics and family are tough to balance. Family took the worse part followed by work. Boy when I finished I had a lot of make up to do (still do). Still I would find it difficult to give up.