[dtengineering]

My initial thoughts on this were that "Yeah... this is a great idea"... Not that UFH isn't a great honour, but The Blue Alliance is worth singing about. I mean, in many ways, we are watching the development of the future of television (not all about robots, but all about being able to watch anything, anywhere -- even on a cell phone -- at any time while being able to download relevant information about the video) right in front of our eyes.

It occurred to me that we have the Woodie Flowers award to recognize coaches, teachers and mentors, and the Volunteer of the Year for those who make incredible contributions in other roles. But we don't have something to recognize the groups... groups where maybe one individual doesn't stand out on their own, but where the team does... that make FIRST so great. I think, from a Canadian perspective, of the Canadian Society for Student Robotics, and from a Pacific Northwest perspective of FIRST WA as examples of the many deserving groups that are worthy of formal recognition.

On the other hand... I'm not quite sure how such an award would be managed or judged. But I think it might be possible, at the Championsihps, to recognize a group or organization... other than a team... that has gone above and beyond in enhancing the FIRST community. I'd be willing to call it the "GDC Award" and make the very first one to the Game Design Committee. (Probably the very first group who would say "No, give it to someone else who deserves it more...")

Jason