Dean's List Question

[Rich Kressly]

Cass,

It will be up to the team how to decide to select and write. FIRST has provided a submission vehicle for both students and/or mentors to be involved if the team so chooses. The emphasis here is on recognizing exemplary individual students.

As for your question on how we feel about the criteria/process:
I can see pros and cons to this being mentor, student, or combination-driven. I'm glad FIRST has provided this flexibility. There are so many different ways FRC teams operate that this will provide the ability for almost any team to incorporate Dean's List Nominations into their "normal" business. To me the most important part is having nominations from as many teams as possible.

As for how our team did it last year:
Well it was very rushed as Al says, so there was no time for whole team voting, etc as we didn't even have whole team meeting scheduled. So we did a poll of mentors via email and I had the chance to speak with some of our student leaders to get approval for a course of action. I wrote the submissions and received some editing feedback from other mentors, as well as solicited contributions from other students and alum. I also consulted trusted friends leading other teams as to what they were doing and how they were handling it.

What will FRC1712 do this year?
As I am no longer the lead dog, so that won't be up to me, but I will offer my services to help get the entries completed after receiving consensus from current leadership (mentors and students) on how they want to proceed this year.

Juniors or Seniors?
Last year we placed the emphasis on the two most deserving students, regardless of grade level. It just so happened there was one Senior and one Junior. I'd like to see that emphasis stay the same on 1712.

Best wishes in your endeavors with Dean's List nominations Cass!