Hall of Fame Award and Display

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Joe,
I would have identified the following -
8.2.2 · First-Year (Rookie) and NASA Grant Teams:

Because the Chairman's Award recognizes sustained excellence and impact, not just a one-year team effort, it is not possible for a first-year (rookie) team to receive this honor. We encourage Rookies, however, to develop a Chairman's Award submission which judges will use as a criterion to judge the Rookie All-Star Award. This submission will document where your team started its FIRST journey and will also provide background for documenting the results of your team's efforts.

I understand that they are allowed to submit, but my concern is that the folks that are reviewing the submittals are not aware of this section in the manual. Why schedule an interview with a team that can't win it - unless it's to encourage that team to continue it's effort next year. I suppose that would be a great idea as long as the teams were told what was going on.