2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

...it seemed like CCA was just the Chairman coming onto the stage, saying "well holy cow this team is great" and handing them the award. No long speech about how much Chairman's means (this is one place where I wanted a meaningful speech!), just up and down. And they didn't even play the video! Furthermore, it seemed misplaced in the award ceremony with lots of lower tier awards being given both before and after it. It neither felt like it kicked off the ceremony nor was the finale. Teams in our hall of fame deserve more than that. I hope Frank will post the video on his blog when 1538 releases it.

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Agreed it was really strange. There was no build up to the presentation and it honestly didn't highlight much about what the cows do.

My mother was a CCA judge.

There was a much bigger script and it was, for some unknown reason, not read.

Anyone sitting near us on the floor can vouch for the fact that she was NONE too happy about it. The judges worked very hard on a script to emphasize the work they do, and it was not given.

She wants me to apologize for that, even though it's not her fault. Believe me, there was a much bigger plan for acknowledging them.