Does FIRST give out too many awards? (Opinion)

[santosh]

This is very hard for me to decide on. Yes I do believe there are too many awards, but at the same time, I step back and realize that each team did deserve the award they got. This makes the decision very tough. If you can keep most of the people happy then why not. Sometimes I do wonder about the difference in Engineering Inspiration and Chairman's. Overall, I am undecided.

[tiffany34990]

there are a number of awards but it's small at times it seems to the amount of teams we have in FIRST. the awards simply point out teams that are doing great things. i know it's hard to choose who gets the award because so many teams deserve an award. so they do try to make it fair with various other awards. this is a hard question to answer...pros and cons all the way out...

it though seems harder every years to get like the chairmans especially for rookie teams competing against veteran teams who have been trying for year to win this award.

[santosh]

The chairman's award is basd on what you do that year. It isn't cummulative.

[richardp]

Originally Posted by santosh

The chairman's award is basd on what you do that year. It isn't cummulative.

The chairmans award is based upon the continuing of excellence meaning in order to show that then you have to bring up stuff from prior years. It is about more than just one years worth of work. It is for that very reason that rookies can submit but can't win it! So many more things wrong with that statement that I wont go into.....

As far as the awards go the judges award exists to give a team that deserves the award an award even though the categories don't fit. In my opinion if categories don't work make them by increasing the awards. I have never seen a team unhappy because they won an award. So many people put in a lot of hard work and unfortunately aren't always given credit for their work. I think that their are not too many awards.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by tiffany34990

it though seems harder every years to get like the chairmans especially for rookie teams competing against veteran teams who have been trying for year to win this award.

Rookies aren't even eligible for chairman's. Rookie Inspiration is their equivalent.