Chairmans Predictions for Nationals

[Gaurav27]

My Prediction: Team 1114 -Simbotics will win CMP Chairman's!
Due to their "Simbot Effect" and their success at inspiring so many teams.

[Ben Martin]

45, 234, or 1114.

Of those, my preference would be 234.

[lynca]

Originally Posted by BMartin 234

45, 234, or 1114.

I agree but I'll add,

45, 234, 236, 1114

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by lynca

I agree but I'll add,

45, 234, 236, 1114

I can agree that there is a high chance that the Chairman's team will come from this list. There are so many inspiring and hardworking teams out there, it's impossible to tell who will win.

[Galum]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Team 236 is sitting on a pile of seven consecutive RCAs, which I believe is the longest active streak, if not the all-time record. This year seems as good as any for them to finally cash it in.

My money's on 236 as well, although I've heared many good things about teams 45 and 1114.

[rees2001]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

Anyone care to post a full list and save me the effort of hunting through all the regional awards sites?

Final List of CA teams! Congrats to all Regional CA winners. Good luck in Atlanta. I've added some info on when the teams formed. Below is a list of the number of CA winners & thier rookie years. 2000 leads the pack with 8!
1992 1
1996 2
1997 1
1999 3
2000 8
2001 1
2002 2
2003 6
2004 3
2005 7
2006 3
2007 3
2008 3


27 1997
33 1996
45 1992
88 1996
217 1999
234 1999
236 1999
337 2000
340 2000
353 2000
359 2000
360 2000
364 2000
418 2000
433 2000
668 2001
932 2002
987 2002
1014 2003
1086 2003
1089 2003
1108 2003
1114 2003
1138 2003
1305 2004
1311 2004
1323 2004
1511 2005
1519 2005
1538 2005
1557 2005
1566 2005
1625 2005
1676 2005
1710 2006
1714 2006
1745 2006
1986 2007
1987 2007
2169 2007
2230 2008
2344 2008
2486 2008

[Justin Montois]

Congratulations to all Regional Winners. This group is so impressive with so many deserving teams. A few that stick out to me....
-45
-234
-236
-1114

I'm happy i'm not a judge!

[Huskie65]

The MI team are 27, 33, and 217. All great teams with a legitimate shot. I'd add 217 to the list of top 5 contenders for sure. Go Thunder Chickens!

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife

Congratulations to all Regional Winners. This group is so impressive with so many deserving teams....I'm happy i'm not a judge!

Definitely. Imagine trying to decide on the Championship Chairman's Award winner each year... what an impossible task!

[Bob Steele]

I smell an Indiana win this year for CMP CA..

The work that both 45 and 234 has done is legend.
They have both won RCAs at a variety of Regionals all across FIRST.

The IRI is the premier off-season competition in FIRST...

It's about time that an Indiana team took home the CMP CA.

Many teams are certainly worthy...
It is a great group of competitors...
Good luck to everyone!!!

[Jeff K.]

Originally Posted by breeahnuh

I see your point and not to take any credit from 1138, Nancy and her team are amazing, but though the workshops may have been helpful, the Hawaii Regional primarily owes its existence to 1. The government 2. Nasa/BAE Systems 3. Organizations such as The Hawaii Scholastic Robotics Alliance & The Hawaii Regional Planning Committee (Mentors of many veteran Hawaii teams are members) and 4. the support and mentoring of veteran teams to start teams at other schools (4 to 25 in one year!)

I cannot speak on behalf of New Zealand, but Hawaii was definately not due to one team,person, or organization.

As for volunteering and helping with set-up etc for the regional.... this is done by numerous Hawaii teams, mentors, and local volunteers....two amazing volunteers being Alex Ho and Osa Tui of 368 (this year's volunteer of the year)

I think what he was trying to say was that it was a collective effort. New team growth was not really occurring because of no system being in place to allow these teams to learn the basics for FIRST. We heard that most teams did bot ball when we first went to Hawaii in the Summer of 2007.

In a way though, our workshops were a catalyst to allow these new teams to pop up, and with the help of Governor Linda Lingle, Alex Ho, Osa Tui, and may others, the regional was formed. There needs to be a system though to teach the new teams the fundamentals and basics and also to allow them to grow. The system was also not fully in place the next summer as we had to come back and host the workshops, but this allowed further growth. The workshops are not the sole reason for FIRST Hawaii to be at the level and magnitude it is today, but it helped along the way, as well as mentoring from the veteran teams in the area.

For New Zealand though, FIRST and VEX were only introduced this past year at the last set of workshops. A regional was not possible due to funding, but will most likely happen in the future due to the large amount of interest for one, and the amount of teams. Come July, 1138 will go again to New Zealand to host another set of workshops to allow teams that went to the first set to grow and advance, and to allow new teams starting out to learn the basics.

[waialua359]

Every RCA winner has a chance this year, like every year.
Those that have won, especially multiple times can attest to the hard work, challenges, dedication and good/bad times in earning that award.
Regardless of who wins/dont win, the RCA winners are already winners based on their accomplishments and should be celebrated by all that knows the respected teams.

Good luck everyone and look forward to seeing you all in Atlanta!

[dodar]

Honestly, IM pulling for the underdog - 1557
they are an amazing team with amazing students and mentors and they where our pit buddies at Florida and they really deserve to win it

[AlexD744]

I'd say 359 also has a relly good chance. But I haven't really studied any of these teams and their presentations.

[dwaynetrip3119]

I have team 217 the Thunderchickens to win it