[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

Oh no, that's not what I meant actually. The team I was referring to never knew that RCA was something that you had to submit and do a presentation for so they just kept on doing things in the community anyway. This will be the first year they're submitting because they have some guidance with it J

Yeah, sorry if it came out wrong. I was just pointing out that they also do a lot with a small team.

This is a great clarification, Akash.

And you raise another good point, perhaps a couple. Awareness and guidance. The FIRST website is there, the manual provides all the information, yet there are teams who don't give these awards a 2nd thought or who remain unaware.

The guidance part of it is something that others can help with. In many areas, there is mentoring with the robot build - mentoring with the CA and WFA are also areas that could use expertise/wisdom/know-how. There are teams who have stepped up with help in areas like the CA - MOE, FRC 365, comes to mind. Individuals such as Amanda Morrison have also made themselves available to help/guide in the past. Rich Kressly is another great mentor who encourages teams to submit for the WFA and to read each others' submissions each year. Threads like this help get the word out and also help teams who read ChiefDelphi to understand that the sky can be the limit if they are willing to put forth the effort and to be open to new horizons.

Awareness and guidance - I think I'll put those two words on my 2009 list of words, transforming them into action verbs - maybe not so much resolutions but working towards them.

Thanks Akash.