[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by MissDaisyGirl

David,

You say that the judges weren't impressed with you standing around while you played your video. Can you provide some more detail into this? Did you not talk at all during the first 5 minutes? What exactly did they say? And do you think that your judges had an isolated opinion about this strategy and that its not a FIRST-wide opinion?

Thanks!

I wasn't in the room for the Chairman's presentation, so I cannot tell you exactly how it played out, but here's what I was told: The first minute was used for brief introductions of the two students and mentor, some information on the team history and composition, then an introduction for the video. Roll video. After the video, the students talked a bit about the build season then opened up the discussion for questions.

The judges' feedback regarding more talking and less video was provided in the written evaluation of the Chairman's presentation given to the team after the awards ceremony. I cannot say whether the judges' opinion is FIRST-wide or not. Last year was Team 980's first Chairman's submission since 2003, so we're dealing with a pretty small sample. This year, our presentation will have more live, real-time discussion, with just a snippet of our video.