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Re: 2008 National Chairman's Award: Who will be THE ONE?
With the shear mass of teams that FIRST has now, and the growing number of strongly established teams, I think that certain things that teams do become less and less important. For instance, so many teams have started FRC, FLL and FTC teams, that that task does not look as unique. I think that the winner will not only have to be a team that has won a lot and has done a lot, but that team has to have done something really unique that has many/large effects. I look around different teams' websites and I see that many teams give demonstrations, start new teams, talk to community leaders, participate in charities, etc.; and all those things are good, but I think that the National winner will be a team that has purposefully done something huge, and so far I haven't heard anything that really is hugely impressive from any team. I don't know...does anyone have anything like that? It will be interesting to find out at Atlanta. Of course...maybe it will be a team that has simply amassed task upon task, doing a little at a time to build up an awesome resume. It certainly seems like several of the RCAs have impressive histories. There's a lot of competition this year.
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