2008 Regional Chairman's Award Winners

[Freddy Schurr]

NJ regional: Team 1676, Pascack Pioneers

[Chuck Glick]

NASA/VCU: 1086, Blue Cheese

[Tottanka]

Midwest Regional: 71 Hammond

[Tetraman]

Finger Lakes Regional: 340 GRR

[Freddy Schurr]

NJ regional: Team 1676, Pascack Pioneers
NASA/VCU regional: Team 1086, Blue Cheese
Finger Lakes Regional: Team 340, GRR
Midwest Regional: Team 71, Hammond

[Chris Fultz]

NJ regional: Team 1676, Pascack Pioneers
NASA/VCU regional: Team 1086, Blue Cheese
Finger Lakes Regional: Team 340, GRR
Midwest Regional: Team 71, Hammond
Granite State: 126
Oregon: 1318
St. Louis: 932
PHX: 842
Kansas City: 1429
VCU (not posted yet)
San Diego: 812

Congratulations All

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congrataulations one and all!

[arhajder]

I was just wondering what you guys did to achieve the awards? Like community service,etc.

[N7UJJ]

You can look at our Chairman's submission here: 2008
and pervious years submissions here: 2007
and
2006

Of course, these are just reports of what our team did and what we felt was appropriate to report that would be of interest to the judges. Achieving the award is a matter of judgment by some human beings that are looking at quite a few incredible teams.

After not winning a Chairman's Award, we wonder, "what could we have done better or I wonder what the judges were looking for...?" which, of course, is our competitive impulse talking. After a day or so, we realize that the things that we did, mostly, were not done for awards or recognition, but rather that they were fun or it was a very positive experience for us or others and it just grows year after year. More of a function of how much energy and time we invest.

Planning for the Chairman's Award a year ahead is great for brainstorming, but in the end, your team will do what is intrinsically satisfying to yourselves while being of service to others.

Since we are not bing involved in the judging process, we can only guess how the volunteers decide on the one winner. We tell our Chairman's team, after they have written the essay and practiced their presentation, that, if the judges are truly wise, they will study what the team has done (over three years?) and make their call. The Chairman's team (or essay or presentation) does/does not win the Chairman's Award, but rather the efforts of the entire current team and those who have graduated and parents and those who have been touched by your team. However, being humans, judges will possibly be influenced by the emotional impact of our presentation and the quality of the written work.

So, looking at other entries and seeking advice is good, but in the end, you will do what you do because it is satisfying and the Charmian's just happens (or not).

[Cactus_Robotics]

Congrats on Team 842 for Winning Arizona Chairmans 4yrs In a Row!

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by Cactus_Robotics

Congrats on Team 842 for Winning Arizona Chairmans 4yrs In a Row!

Thanks!
Thanks for all the kinds words throughout the year. You guys rock! Are you going to any other regionals?

[JYang]

Here the list of all the Regional Chairman's Winners up through week 4:

BAE Systems Granite State Regional: 126 Gael Force
Midwest Regional: 71 Team Hammond
New Jersey Regional: 1676 Pascack Pioneers
Oregon Regional: 1318 Issaquah Robotics Society (IRS)
St. Louis Regional: 932 Memorial Circuit Chargers
Arizona Regional: 842 Falcon Robotics
Finger Lakes Regional: 340 GRR
Greater Kansas City Regional: 1429 KAOS
NASA/VCU Regional: 1086 Blue Cheese
San Diego Regional: 812 Midnight Mechanics
Boilermaker Regional: 234 Cyber Blue
Chesapeake Regional: 768 TechnoWarriors
Connecticut Regional: 236 TechnoTicks
Detroit Regional: 27 Team RUSH
Florida Regional: 1523 MARS
Peachtree Regional: 34 Rockets
Pittsburgh Regional: 291 CIA
Silicon Valley Regional: 604 Quixilver
Wisconsin Regional: 1714 More Robotics
Brazil Regional: 1860 Cephatron
Buckeye Regional: 612 Chantilly Robotics
Lone Star Regional: 1108 Panther Robotics
Los Angeles Regional:399 Eagle Robotics
Microsoft Seattle Regional: 488 X-Bot
Oklahoma City Regional: 476 Wildcats
UC Davis Sacramento Regional: 692 Fembots
Waterloo Regional: 1114 Simbotics
West Michigan Regional: 226 TEC CReW Hammerheads

Congrats to all teams! (let me know if anything is wrong)

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by JYang

Here the list of all the Regional Chairman's Winners up through week 4:

BAE Systems Granite State Regional: 126 Gael Force
Midwest Regional: 71 Team Hammond
New Jersey Regional: 1676 Pascack Pioneers
Oregon Regional: 1318 Issaquah Robotics Society (IRS)
St. Louis Regional: 932 Memorial Circuit Chargers
Arizona Regional: 842 Falcon Robotics
Finger Lakes Regional: 340 GRR
Greater Kansas City Regional: 1429 KAOS
NASA/VCU Regional: 1086 Blue Cheese
San Diego Regional: 812 Midnight Mechanics
Boilermaker Regional: 234 Cyber Blue
Chesapeake Regional: 768 TechnoWarriors
Connecticut Regional: 236 TechnoTicks
Detroit Regional: 27 Team RUSH
Florida Regional: 1523 MARS
Peachtree Regional: 34 Rockets
Pittsburgh Regional: 291 CIA
Silicon Valley Regional: 604 Quixilver
Wisconsin Regional: 1714 More Robotics
Brazil Regional: 1860 Cephatron
Buckeye Regional: 612 Chantilly Robotics
Lone Star Regional: 1108 Panther Robotics
Los Angeles Regional:399 Eagle Robotics
Microsoft Seattle Regional: 488 X-Bot
Oklahoma City Regional: 476 Wildcats
UC Davis Sacramento Regional: 692 Fembots
Waterloo Regional: 1114 Simbotics
West Michigan Regional: 226 TEC CReW Hammerheads

Congrats to all teams! (let me know if anything is wrong)

Congrats to all !!

I have a question - which of these teams have names that are related to the school mascot, and which don't ?

For example : 399 the eagles, 842 the falcons, 476 the wildcats, 34 rockets
Do these also double as school mascots or are they unique to the team ?

I'm guessing maybe 20 % correlate to school mascots ??

[Ed Sparks]

Originally Posted by ebarker

Congrats to all !!

I have a question - which of these teams have names that are related to the school mascot, and which don't ?

For example : 399 the eagles, 842 the falcons, 476 the wildcats, 34 rockets
Do these also double as school mascots or are they unique to the team ?

I'm guessing maybe 20 % correlate to school mascots ??

Team 34 - Rockets is not related to the school mascot. North Alabama (Huntsville) has a lot of space based businesses and NASA's "George C Marshall Space Center".

[Spiffizzle]

Originally Posted by ebarker

Congrats to all !!

I have a question - which of these teams have names that are related to the school mascot, and which don't ?

For example : 399 the eagles, 842 the falcons, 476 the wildcats, 34 rockets
Do these also double as school mascots or are they unique to the team ?

I'm guessing maybe 20 % correlate to school mascots ??

Just thought I would let you know... Team 1676 The Pascack Pi-oneers, are purposely not related to our school mascot. We're a district team comprised of two sister schools, and as such, we decided to create our own identity, complete with separate colors and mascot.

One school being the COWBOYS and the other the INDIANS, we decided to stay along the same "theme."

Also, here is a link to our 2008 Chairman's award submission:
http://www.team1676.com/viewpage.php?page_id=138