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Originally Posted by Dave Campbell
The medals I have earned are significant to me and I display them right next to my participant medals and awards my FIRST teams have earned. I will never understate the value of recognition of completion and always celebrate the success of others. It is an enlightening time to watch and learn from those who win and get recognized for their success.
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That's your prerogative. All I'm saying is that "it's not mine, here's why." You
should be enormously proud of your run/ride in a marathon, I know I would be. But I just don't believe a medal is the right way to remember what you did. Not for a marathon, and not for FIRST. Whereas I might associate the image of a medal with being "exemplary in one's field," someone else might not. I can't change perceptions, but I know if I were to participate in a marathon every year, I'd want some kind of iconic certificate that not only demonstrates I was a part of it, but also notes my time. That way, I can beat it next year. This not only signifies participation, but
rewards trying one's best. This concept is similar in principle to the 4 year pin, but is even better for the application of a marathon. If you don't agree with the irony of the term "participation medal," that's fine, but you must admit awarding medals to the few people that walk instead of run (when they are capable of running) is detrimental if anything. FIRST does this, by the way.
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Originally Posted by Dave Campbell
If winning another website award for your great work online is not gratifying, don't submit your URL for the award. I'm sure that there are other teams that work hard and would love the award in their hands. My team won a regional website award in 2003 and we were extremely proud of our accomplishment.
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I can be objective about this; I'm actually not sure I believe the Website Award should be included in the regional awards ceremonies, where the students all come down and get trophies for an individual or small-group effort. Indeed, this particular award is not held in a high regard by many. I am most definitely of the opinion the Website Award needs some reform. Does FIRST even need a Website Award? I'm willing to entertain the possibility it doesn't. I was a webmaster before the award even existed and that didn't stop me from taking our site, redesigning it, making it more resourceful, and making it helpful to FIRST teams. Did I put a little extra effort in because there was an award? You bet. But then again, if FIRST introduced the Wal-Mart Best Dancer award next year, teams would stat dancing. I, on the other hand, don't dance.
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Originally Posted by jonathan lall
I’m proud that my efforts contributed to [...] the Website Award (you can refer to my Who Am I picture if you think I’m exaggerating about my thoughts on that).
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