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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
From the 2004 Manual:
FIRST says the Chairman's Award is the most prestigious award but they do not really act that way in practice. Allowing Chairman's Award winners to attend the Championships is one of the few things that FIRST does that shows that they are walking the walk not just talking the talk.
As the Engineering Inspiration Award, read the description. There is nothing in there about a good robot. Beyond this, I did not argue for their inclusion based on robot excelence but on Chairman's Award excelences. Finally, by FIRST's own text it is the "second highest FIRST award a team can garner." If they don't get a ticket to the big dance who does?
Joe J.
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Joe, I do not disagree with a form of recognition for Chairmans Award winners. I do believe though that a team cannot live on it's laurels. I believe that there was a winner that left FIRST the very next year. If they should come back do they deserve a free pass to the Championships. The Chairmans Award should be seen as a continueing award. A team should not win and then have a free pass. That is like a hockey team (sorry I'm Canadian) winning the Stanley Cup and therefore getting an automatic by into the playoffs. Or a President (for the Americans) getting an automatic seat in the State he resides in for life. As I said before, a 4 year pass seems reasonable to me (I realize that I am 1 person only). As for the Engineering award I was not against it. My concern is that the part of the robot that wins the award, is a functioning part of the robot. The rest of the robot can be a dishwasher as long as the highlighted area works as stated.
These are my $0.02 CDN or $0.015 AM
