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Posted by Andy Baker.

Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 8/3/2000 10:25 AM MST


In Reply to: eeeeeek posted by colleen on 8/3/2000 9:34 AM MST:



OK, good points Colleen.

I'll define what I mean a bit more. I think that we are on the same page here... this goes in line with winners being the people who try and not just the award winners.

I don't mean move on and not try. By all means, try your butt off... we sure have. We thought again in 1999 that we had a darn good Chairman's Award entry. But we didn't win... we 'moved on' by not dwelling on the negatives. We didn't worry about not winning it like we did in '95.

Our problem in 1995-97 was that we couldn't move on from our perceived 'loss' from 1995. The fact that our team dwelled on the negative for sooooooo long just about crippled us... that's my point. We never 'moved on' from the negative aspect that our team 'lost' the award. We didn't look at being a finalst as a win... or even just having a good team and Ch. Award submission as a win.

You're right, people should not be told to be quiet and shutup, but rather be positive... 'move on' from the negative. Ask any student on our team.... they cannot simply complain and whine about negatives... they gotta have at least a suggestion or input on how to fix a problem. I don't listen to them until they have at least SOMETHING positive or constructive to say.

Vinny's original message gave his opinion about his perception of the prolem. It was all negative and didn't contain any positive solutions or suggestions. He would get more respect from me and others if he input on how to fix the problem (like the 'Dean's list' and others). I support the fact that people point out FIRST's problems (I have), but they MUST accompany their negative comments with positive suggestions and constructive support.

Andy B.