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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
There can be only one....
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I couldn't have said it any better myself. There is, and should only be
one Chairman's Award.
There is only one Chairman's Award for a reason, and that is to show to the rest of the community who the movers and shakers teams are for their support of FIRST and its values. Although I support the idea of letting the runner-up teams know that they were close to winning, I do not support the idea of creating an official "Chairman's Honorable Mention" award. If all we keep doing is create ten billion awards for every last little thing in FIRST, then all we are doing is diluting the meaning of each award.
As it is now, only a few teams will win awards each year. Without trying to sound elitist, that is the way it should stay. For when there are a lot of teams all trying to win a small number of awards, then every team will try
nth harder just to put themselves ahead of the rest. By limiting the number of awards, you are increasing the effort needed to win. Those few teams who do win will most definitely deserve that award.
Victory and success will not find you - you must find them.
P.S. This post may be a little biased, because three long years of hard work has finally paid off for me. I won a $60,000 scholarship today.
But at the same time this does not mean that I am done. I still have a year of high school left and a full hand of cards to play.