Not saying I agree or disagree with this, but FiM has a seperate set of awards called Cultural Transformation awards:
http://www.firstinmichigan.org/stati...Michigan_Pilot
Rules->supplement
5.2.3 Competition for Culture Transforming Awards at the State Championship
Separate from the robot performance side of the competition, there will be an elevated competition for the awards
which seek to transform Michigan culture. These awards recognize a team’s effort to inspire others through
community outreach. The Culture Transforming Awards include the Chairman's Award, Engineering Inspiration Award,
Entrepreneurship Award, Rookie All-Star Award and the Rookie Inspiration Award. Unlike all of the other awards, only
the District Winners of these awards will be eligible to compete for the award at the State Championship. As these
awards are not related to robot performance, a team does not need to qualify for the robot portion of the competition to
compete at the competition for these awards, although many teams may have robots that do compete. There will be no
entry fee for teams who are not competing with their robot and are only attending the State Championship to compete
for the Culture Transforming Awards.
To help the general public, as well as other FRC and FLL teams, better understand the level of commitment required
to win the Chairman's Award, all District Chairman's Award winners along with the Hall of Fame teams, will have a
reserved space in the lobby at the competition to set up a display of all of their outreach activities. The Chairman's
Award judges are free to look at the displays.
To this regard, the Chairman's, website, and some other do not count as points. Some say this means they are worthless, some say this shows they are priceless. Please read the rules carefully, think about how you might like it, and make sure that your team leader addresses this in the end of season survey.