Submission Award Definitions - Thoughts? Feedback?

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FIRST debuted these new definitions for teams to use when submitting for awards this year:

Started (a FIRST LEGO League Jr. / FIRST LEGO League / FIRST Tech Challenge / FIRST Robotics Competition team) - A Team has Started a team if they have met one of the following requirements:

• Funded or sourced funding (i.e. grants or sponsorship) of at least 50% of the team registration fee.
• Made the team aware of FIRST and/or the specific program and assisted the team with the official registration process.
• The Started Team would agree that the Starting team did provide this level of support.

Mentored (a FIRST LEGO League Jr. / FIRST LEGO League / FIRST Tech Challenge / FIRST Robotics Competition team) - A Team has Mentored a team if they have met all of the following requirements:

• Providing consistent (at least once a week during the lead up to competitions (e.g. FIRST Robotics Competition Build Season) communication, either in person or via phone/email/video conference, to the Mentored team helping with technical or non-technical FIRST program specific issues.
• The Mentored team would agree that the Mentoring team did provide this level of support.

Assisted (a FIRST LEGO League Jr. / FIRST LEGO League / FIRST Tech Challenge / FIRST Robotics Competition team) - A team has Assisted a team if they have met all of the following requirements:

• Providing communication, either in person or via phone/email/video conference, to the Assisted team, helping with technical or non-technical FIRST program specific issues, OR providing funding and/or supplies to the Assisted team.
• The Assisted Team would agree that the Assisting team did provide this level of support.

Provided Published Resources (a FIRST LEGO League Jr. / FIRST LEGO League / FIRST Tech Challenge / FIRST Robotics Competition team) – A team has Provided Published Resources to a team if they have met all of the following requirements:

• The team has created resources designed to aid teams with technical or non-technical FIRST program specific issues.
• The resources have been published or presented publicly (e.g. presented at a conference, published on a team website, etc.).

Ran (a FIRST LEGO League Jr. / FIRST LEGO League / FIRST Tech Challenge / FIRST Robotics Competition event) - A Team Ran an event if they have met all of the following requirements:

• Team members are involved in the majority of the planning of the event.
• Team members are involved in the majority of the on-site event execution, or have arranged for and are supervising the volunteers to handle the majority of the on-site event execution.

Hosted (a FIRST LEGO League Jr. / FIRST LEGO League / FIRST Tech Challenge / FIRST Robotics Competition event) - A Team has Hosted an event if they have met one of the following requirements:

• The event takes place at a team facility
• The event takes place at a facility arranged for by the team

Assisted (a FIRST LEGO League Jr. / FIRST LEGO League / FIRST Tech Challenge / FIRST Robotics Competition event) - A Team has Assisted an event if they have met any of the following requirements:

• Team members are involved in some part of the planning of the event.
• Team members are involved in some part of the on-site event execution (i.e. Team members have volunteered at the event)

How has this change impacted the way you write your submission or calculate your numbers? Did you experience any questions about it in your interview? What do you think of the change?

Very curious to see what everybody's thoughts are now that Week 7 events have wrapped up!