Thread: Is the Chairman's Award fixed? I believe so.....
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Re: Once again, the name game
Posted by Becky Allen.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Student on team #16, Baxter Bomb Squad, from Mountain Home High School and Baxter Healthcare.

Posted on 8/3/2000 3:19 PM MST


In Reply to: Once again, the name game posted by Andy Grady on 8/3/2000 2:47 PM MST:



I agree with you that winning the Motorola Quality Award is also an unbelievable honor. However, I was just curious, how many Motorola Quality Award winners have been Chairman's finalists or winners? It might be an interesting stat to look up.
I think the reason you think Chairman's Award is associated with a name. Is because it is. Chairman's Award is about capturing the spirt of FIRST, in every way.
So if a team is overall well known for something, there must be a reason. Am I wrong?
Becky


: While Vinnie's comments may seem a bit harsh, he does have somewhat of a valid point hidden in his ramblings. Im not saying that the teams who have won the chairmans award in the past are undeserving, however I do feel that if you have a well known name in this competition, or give money, your odds definatly do increase. Sadly enough for this reason I have given up all care for the chairmans award, and while I was with team 42 we didn't even make an effort to win this award. Personally I would rather my team win the Motorola Quality Award, or the Spirit Award, or my major goal which is the national championship. Now I know this competition is not about the awards, or recognition as team. However, sometimes people can be more inspired when they have something to show for it. For instance after winning the Spirit award this year the freshman on my team (who were very quiet all year long) sprang to life and were all of the sudden very excited about next year. Sadly, hoewever, I saw the chairmans award as an impossible goal for my team because quite simply we did not have a name in this competition. However the Chrysler Team spirit award, I did feel that we could win because frankly you cannot ignore something that everyone sees. Dont get me wrong, the chairmans award is an excelent award for teams to strive for, because whether you win it or not being involved in the production of the award helps you realize exactly how great this competition is especially within your own team, which does actually promote the actual goal of first win or lose. In the end we are all winners reguardless of who wins any award, and we can't loose sight of that.
: Cya,
: Andy Grady


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