Chairmans Award Event in Manchester Wrap-up and Details

[Madison]

Originally posted by oneangrydwarf
Then we were broken up into teams to discuss one of 2 topics. First was the Chairmans award and how first can help make it a bigger deal and help teams realize that it is infact the reason FIRST is around and that it IS the most prestigious award and how to get more teams involve and basicly make it a bigger deal and the second was a discussion about the FIRST hall of fame and what exactly that is going to be and how it is going to work and such.

It's a little disappointing that input on these subjects wasn't gathered from non-Chairman's Award winning participants. While winning that award is certainly an accomplishment, I don't think it qualifies anyone's opinion as more worthwhile or valid.

Maybe it's just that I'd like to see more public awareness of what FIRST has done and what it plans to do, and the opportunity to give more input and insight into that direction.

As a participant and someone who's sacrificed more than even I realized for FIRST, the least I can hope for is the assurance that my participation and allegiance is to an organization that still maintains the same ideals and dreams as I do.