Thread: Duplication of programs as it relates to Chairman's
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Re: Duplication of programs as it relates to Chairman's
I think that the "obtaining" of ideas from other teams is just as fair game as any other way you get your ideas.

The chairman's award rewards exelence within a team's actions. A team that has a successful program that has lasted for 4 years will be rewared over a similar successful program that has only been avalible for a year.

It's also an award that promotes FIRST role models. I believe that teams that wish to one day have the high status of those winning chairmans, than to start similar programs and similar charities and so on is a good thing. Yes, in a way, the taking of ideas in theroy is kinda sinister, but I feel that the selection of the Chairman's winner is more than how many programs a team starts, but how stong and how long the program has been in place.

And still, there are many more teams that deserve Chairmans that haven't gotten their praise yet only because there arn't enough chairmans awards given out each year. It will be a long time until a "we had the program first" bickering might begin. (if it ever does.)
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