Seriously?? No Finalists Yet??

[3DElizabeth]

Originally Posted by Chexposito

remember these people are taking their personal time to do this. remember gracious professionalism

I don't agree that this is the case, this competition may not be a focus of Autodesk it appears to be a business decision. The Autodesk agreement this year that we signed to turn in handed all rights to the content over to Autodesk. This competition and the growth of the educational website are a part of a marketing campaign. I appreciate the competition for my students. It's a great experience for them. My disappointment is that the competition criteria were changed 2 weeks into the competition and consistently criteria is not released on time.
It seems as if perhaps in being so focused on what the students, that it is assumed they should be flexible to whatever circumstances are handed to them. As a mentor I understand students need to learn how to be flexible but as an adult it is disheartening to know that my time isn't respected as valuable. Spending many hours working with the students to have almost 2 weeks of preproduction wasted this year because criteria was released late was disappointing.
I agree that complaining is not a professional means to show reverence to a sponsor, however I also believe that mutual respect needs to be considered to both the gracious company providing the competition and the gracious mentors and volunteers who dedicate themselves to teaching students that company's applications.