Thread: Regional Chairmans or Regional Championships?
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Re: Regional Chairmans or Regional Championships?
Regional Chairmans.
Although it is great for a team to win a competition, engineering award, website award, or other judges award, those awards are given to a singular aspect of a team. Even the spirit award is given to the attendees of a regional. The Chairman's Award is unique in the fact that it is earned by everyone on the team. Everyone, past and present, who has helped the team in any way. Chairman's is shared by any person who has helped rake leaves, sold raffle tickets, or donated countless hours to help make a students life better. When we won this year it wasn't just the 2006 WildStang team, it was the 1996 - 2006 WildStang team. And being able to share that with everyone was the best feeling I could ever have, I only hope that everyone in FIRST can one day feel it.

Don't get me wrong, a regional win is magnificent, and a great feeling for any FIRSTer, but think of how much greater that feeling is when you can share it with every member of your team.
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