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Unread 10-02-2010, 08:39
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Re: Chairman for the first time
Would you only compete with your robot in matches you think you will win?

While a lot of good comes from the team that "wins" the Chairman's award, most of the "net good" to the community actually comes from teams that lose (since there is only 1 winner, most of us are "losers").


If FIRST ever does a qualification system throughout the league for things like the Championship, I would like to see some consideration to submitting a "Chairman's Award" and a "Woodie Flower's Award" essay. Reason being that the current system leaves teams with little incentive to submit if they feel they can't win. We really should reward the behaviors we want to see.

P.S. I think the NASA grants require submitting a Chairman's entry and a giant Kudos to them if that is true.
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