[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by R.C.

Alright,

Today as the deadline approached, our mentor got done with the Nomination around 1:00 pm Pacific time. I tried to upload the essay but got an error, so we had someone else on our team try and we got an error again.

Then our mentor tried though the TIMS, but that didn't seem to work either.

So he called up FIRST before the 4:30 EST deadline and FIRST told him that it had to go though the Student TIMS. He was not allowed to upload the nomination or email it to FIRST.

Has anyone else had the same problem? Its very disappointing not to get in due a problem with TIMS.

Thanks,

-RC

Pretty much the same deal with us. Two essays were sent to FIRST via e-mail before 1:30 pm because our students don't have internet access in school. A call to FIRST indicated that they weren't able to accept the e-mail submission.

The real problem is that this award shouldn't be submitted by a student. But, FIRST didn't have time to develop an alternative submission method, so they were stuck with using STMPLGIS (or student TIMS).

Selecting the nominee(s) and essay writing should be done by mentors, otherwise it's a popularity contest (or worse). The notion that a student would read my assessment of the capabilities, commitment, contributions of a peer doesn't sit very well with me. That kind of evaluation should be kept discrete.