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Originally Posted by TheBestOfFIRST
My personal belief is that the chairman's awards submissions should be made public to the FIRST community. Not only as a system of checks and balances on wether or not the team has done as they say but also as a way to inspire other teams. We are always more then willing to share our ideas in the pits by why not with everyone?
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Maybe not mandatory, but a voluntary repository would be valuable. We do post ours:
2008,
2007,
2006 I think some other teams do also.
It's just part of our "open source, raise the bar, GP" philosophy. I think reading other submissions can inspire other teams.
We host the regional FLL competition and we have a camera and microphone in every presentation room. That way parents and others can watch their team without being physically in the room. It is a very popular feature. It would be neat if the Championship (if not the Regional) chairman's Award was videotaped and made public. Perhaps all the presentations could be taped and given to presenting team.
Anyway, we agree with you. We learn so much from each other. We host the
NURC competition and we tape and/or web cast everything we can. We have received many, many emails from groups thanking us as the videos and documents are better than any textbook.