
19-07-2010, 15:03
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,939
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Re: 2010 IRI Results and Awards
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I'm kind of disappointed that there weren't any engineering awards this year. Please bring them back.
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What I'm about to suggest is either brilliant or horrible - Take your pick.
Anyone at any event can voluntarily decide to assess some aspect of the teams and machines, and recognize the people/person/team responsible for it.
Teams can vote. A panel of distinguished judges can roam around. Light meters can be used to determine which machine is the shiniest. ...
Maybe someone needs to start a tradition of awarding a "Peoples' Choice Engineering Award" that is given out informally; but is awarded through a process that is rigorous enough to make the award worth bragging about.
This could be done off-the-books so that the IRI folks don't have to add it to their list of chores.
Blake
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