chairmans= big teams?

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

Its what you do. I know of a team that has like 20 kids on the team and they do a lot for their community and even throughout the country and never once have they even submitted for chairman's. They do it because its the right thing to do. As long as you have that attitude, it doesn't matter how large your team is.

I understand what you are saying here but it is an enriching and rewarding developmental process to submit for the Chairman's Award (just as it is for the Woodie Flowers Award) for veteran teams as well as the newer teams. There is a lot to be gained by doing so, including improving/garnering skill sets that will serve individuals well. The size of the teams vary and it does put additional stress on the smaller teams, true, but time management is your friend during the build season... excellent time management = watch out world. If a team is impacting their community, why not share the news and successes/achievements? Why not share the way the teams have overcome obstacles, made innovative decisions, built stronger communities? How about how teams have inspired others to look a little more closely at the challenges that face our world and how science and technology can meet many of those challenges in ways that will empower communities, nations, peoples? Why not share by writing a CA and submitting it?

I'm sorry that I don't know the answer regarding the smallest team submission to regionals or to the Championship. It is an interesting question. I do know that many teams, from the very small to the very large - have an added increase in heart and spirit and that goes a long way towards achieving goals set by the teams.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I understand what you are saying here but it is an enriching and rewarding developmental process to submit for the Chairman's Award (just as it is for the Woodie Flowers Award) for veteran teams as well as the newer teams. There is a lot to be gained by doing so, including improving/garnering skill sets that will serve individuals well. The size of the teams vary and it does put additional stress on the smaller teams, true, but time management is your friend during the build season... excellent time management = watch out world. If a team is impacting their community, why not share the news and successes/achievements? Why not share the way the teams have overcome obstacles, made innovative decisions, built stronger communities? How about how teams have inspired others to look a little more closely at the challenges that face our world and how science and technology can meet many of those challenges in ways that will empower communities, nations, peoples? Why not share by writing a CA and submitting it?

I'm sorry that I don't know the answer regarding the smallest team submission to regionals or to the Championship. It is an interesting question. I do know that many teams, from the very small to the very large - have an added increase in heart and spirit and that goes a long way towards achieving goals set by the teams.

Oh no, that's not what I meant actually. The team I was referring to never knew that RCA was something that you had to submit and do a presentation for so they just kept on doing things in the community anyway. This will be the first year they're submitting because they have some guidance with it

Yeah, sorry if it came out wrong. I was just pointing out that they also do a lot with a small team.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

Oh no, that's not what I meant actually. The team I was referring to never knew that RCA was something that you had to submit and do a presentation for so they just kept on doing things in the community anyway. This will be the first year they're submitting because they have some guidance with it J

Yeah, sorry if it came out wrong. I was just pointing out that they also do a lot with a small team.

This is a great clarification, Akash.

And you raise another good point, perhaps a couple. Awareness and guidance. The FIRST website is there, the manual provides all the information, yet there are teams who don't give these awards a 2nd thought or who remain unaware.

The guidance part of it is something that others can help with. In many areas, there is mentoring with the robot build - mentoring with the CA and WFA are also areas that could use expertise/wisdom/know-how. There are teams who have stepped up with help in areas like the CA - MOE, FRC 365, comes to mind. Individuals such as Amanda Morrison have also made themselves available to help/guide in the past. Rich Kressly is another great mentor who encourages teams to submit for the WFA and to read each others' submissions each year. Threads like this help get the word out and also help teams who read ChiefDelphi to understand that the sky can be the limit if they are willing to put forth the effort and to be open to new horizons.

Awareness and guidance - I think I'll put those two words on my 2009 list of words, transforming them into action verbs - maybe not so much resolutions but working towards them.

Thanks Akash.

[Dan2081]

Sort of a turn on this thread, but what is the youngest team to win chairman's??

We had boilermaker engineering inspiration last year as a second year team

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Dan2081

Sort of a turn on this thread, but what is the youngest team to win chairman's??

We had boilermaker engineering inspiration last year as a second year team

I don't know if they are the youngest or not, but 1816 won it in MN in their third year last year.

[Akash Rastogi]

Technically....the X-Cats won 2 national Chairmans and the first was in their rookie year

151 won it their rookie year as well..

O how good it must feel to be a legacy team like 191

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Dan2081

Sort of a turn on this thread, but what is the youngest team to win chairman's??

We had boilermaker engineering inspiration last year as a second year team

Championship or regional? For Championship, I seem to recall 842 being the highest (and most recent). They've been around for a while.

1860 also won a regional CA in their third year (Brazil Regional 2008).

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Dan2081

Sort of a turn on this thread, but what is the youngest team to win chairman's??

We had boilermaker engineering inspiration last year as a second year team

Technically in '92 we were but in that year everyone was a rookie.
There's lots of cases of second year teams rising to prominence in their second year (locally 1511 is a great example of that) but on the National level ironically til MOE broke though a couple of years ago we were the highest numbered team to ever win a Chairman's award (it never went past 200) so 842 winning a Chairman's award is a huge deal. Maybe this will be the year a four digit team breaks through!

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Technically in '92 we were but in that year everyone was a rookie.
There's lots of cases of second year teams rising to prominence in their second year (locally 1511 is a great example of that) but on the National level ironically til MOE broke though a couple of years ago we were the highest numbered team to ever win a Chairman's award (it never went past 200) so 842 winning a Chairman's award is a huge deal. Maybe this will be the year a four digit team breaks through!

Ed, 254 was the highest numbered team to win Championship CA prior to MOE.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Cory

Ed, 254 was the highest numbered team to win Championship CA prior to MOE.

Ooops. Forgot the Poofs.

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Ooops. Forgot the Poofs.

heresy

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Dan2081

Sort of a turn on this thread, but what is the youngest team to win chairman's??

Team 1727, Rex, won RCA at Chesapeake in 2007. 2nd year.

[Salbert]

MARS was 43 members strong when we won the FL Regional Chairman's in 2008. It helps to have a large team so more people can do more outreach!