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Originally Posted by RoboMom

Clarification: Rookie teams, regardless of whether they are a NASA grant team, are not evaluated by a Chairman's Interview at the regionals. Judging for Rookie All-Star happens in the pits.

Rookie NASA-grant teams do need to prepare a Chairman's Award submission and need to send this to the designated person, and are welcome to hand to the judges in the pits. See Section 5.4.2 in the manual. Non-NASA grant rookie teams can also prepare a Chairman's Award submission or any other documentation and hand to the judges in the pits.

Some regionals in the past have allowed rookies to "practice" with a Chairman's Interview, but with the growing number of entries for non-rookies (there are some regionals that may have 20+ entries!) this practice is discouraged.

Hope this helps.

thanks, very much.