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Originally Posted by EricH
I dunno... it's kind of hard to beat 1138's (ongoing) international outreach. Guess why New Zealand is working on a regional? How about Hawaii's regional? Yep, I think I've already identified the "culprits" in those.
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While it is certainly a commendable accomplishment, is "international outreach" the end all and be all of Chairman's Award criteria? I certainly hope not - I certainly hope the judges "normalize" each team's accomplishments when compared against the challenges they faced to achieve them, as well as the resources available to the team to practice their outreach.
For many teams, fighting the good fight on the home front takes top priority, and accomplishments at home in the face of extreme adversity should be valued equivalently to other teams' successes achieved abroad.
For some teams, you can't hope to change the world if you don't first inspire your local community. And some communities, due to many factors, are much, much, much, MUCH harder to inspire than others.