[Al Skierkiewicz]

As long time mentor in First, my team worked with the understanding that the Chairman's Award was so special a team could only win it once. I still feel that way. I don't even think of the students on team when we received the award are no longer part of the team. Every student, every year is part of the Wildstang CA team (even those prior to the award) and they participate in HOF as though they were on that original team. As a HOF member, I know how hard the award is to achieve. Teams submitting for this award know it is getting harder every year. They listen to the description at the Champs and wonder how they could ever achieve the same quantity of good deeds that the winning team has achieved. I think we are turning teams away from the attempt. Regional directors know how few teams are even submitting for this award at the regional level. To allow past teams into the mix, I am afraid, would turn even more teams away. We should be helping teams become HOF teams instead of competing with them. We need to let teams know that this is an achievable goal and not be part of the competition.