Chairman's Videos: At what point do they become part of the judging process?

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Wendy Holladay

I have good info that let me know the judges can and sometimes due look at the videos. They can function to "put a team other the top". To me they are another piece of who you are and if you are an RCA contender, they should reflex the same quality and attention to detail that the essays and presentations receive.

Also I do not feel a "professional" look is the key. Excellent content should prevail over a professional look. And please, let students, shoot, select, storyboard, etc. As the RCA mentor, I only have the veto vote. I think it is more important to have a "student voice" than anything else.

We've been told again and again that the judges do not view our videos.

There's nothing in the rules to suggest that video is judged; if FIRST's intent is for judges to use the video in this way, I'd hope they'd codify that in the rules and, if it isn't their intent, I'd hope that judges would stop inventing criteria :/