New Submission Format for Chairman's Award

[Andrew Rudolph]

Originally posted by M. Krass


Maybe that's precisely the point?

A whiz-bang "wow" video editing job doesn't do anything whatsoever to show what your team has done that's worth being considered in deciding upon a Chairman's Award recipient.

Videos, animations, and that sort just give teams the ability to dress up what they've done, gloss over things, and overwhelm judges with a false, manufactured facade.

It's a bit like some of Hollywood - All bang, no substance.

Four pages of written word, coupled with a few adeptly chosen photos, will be a better indicator of the drive, effort, and impact of a given team than any cleverly edited video tape. It puts everyone on an equal playing field - a core tenet of this program, in my mind.

I like it. It's fair to everyone, it's less time consuming for the judges to evaluate, it eliminates problems with software or hardware incompatabilities, and it allows judges to carry and easily reference your entry as they meet your team and its members.

I think that you are right, but still a major way to bring people in is a video, and also getting the people to make the video was impartant. And now that there is no video for us to make whats the fun in that. I think a video in tandem with an essay could work as well. Maybe they watch the videos then read the essays. I think the video was a very neat way to show what you do. Also you i think you can convey your impact through images rather words. I.E. Seeing the community you changed rather than just saying there was a community you changed.