2008 National Chairman's Award: Who will be THE ONE?

[Tonya Scott 476]

Nelson & Barry are very kind with their support for team 476. We are very proud to say that we are competing for the National Chairman's Award with 2 teams that we have helped throughout the years.

It is true that we spent a lot of hours on the phone and other ways mentoring 1108 & 932. It is quite an honor to be part of other's success!

Can any other Chairman's team this year tell us if other Chairman's teams are teams they have mentored?

We also helped 24 rookie Oklahoma teams this year. So did 932.

It is wonderful to be a part of helping FIRST come to Oklahoma. We hope to have state funding in place to sponsor 20 2nd year teams, and 10 more rookies. That would take us to 44 teams next year (provided all 34 existing teams are sustained) in reality, we might lose a couple of teams. But most of our rookies were really pumped at the OKC regional. They are already planning for next year.

Barry--you are awesome--see you in Atlanta.

Team 476 is having a great year, and as of the OKC regional, we have earned 22 awards in 9 years. Our very first award, 2000 LS Leadership in Control Award was given to us by Astronaut David Brown, one of the astronauts that didn't return from Shuttle Columbia. It is very memorable to those of us who remember that day.

We are coming to Atlanta to have some serious fun, and meet lots of great people that also love FIRST. Focusing on the awards too much takes the fun out of it. There are 13 seniors on our team, and we are going to have a great time!

2008 Oklahoma City Regional Chairman’s Award Winner
2008 Oklahoma City Leadership in Control
2008 Kansas City KPC&B Entrepreneurship
2008 Kansas City UL Industrial Safety Award
2008 Kansas City Regional Champion
2007 Kansas City GM Industrial Design
2007 Kansas City UL Industrial Safety Award
2007 Houston Motorola Quality
2007 Houston Regional Champion
2007 Houston UL Industrial Safety Award
2006 Houston Engineering Inspiration Award
2006 Houston UL Industrial Safety Award
2005 Houston Judge's Award
2004 Houston Imagery
2003 St. Louis Imagery
2002 Houston Judge's Award
2002 St. Louis KPC&B Entrepreneurship
2001 National Imagery
2001 Houston Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"
2001 Houston Regional Champion
2000 National Rookie All-Star Award
2000 Houston Leadership in Control Award