Chairman Award Repeats

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by jwj3027

we area rookie team and my team is doubting that we should send in an essay for the chairman's since we already dont qualify. im telling them that it can also be used in the Rookie insperation. Please reply back so my team isnt depending on my essay writing skills and my team will believe me.

Take a moment to look at the awards that are available to the rookie teams. Also, look the requirements and the deadlines. You are on the right track, you just need a little confidence. Many rookie teams are overwhelmed and don't take the time to look at all of the awards that the team can qualify for and they overlook a lot of the fun and possibilities that are there.

In writing for the Chairman's, you can write by yourself - at least making an outline of the areas that you want to touch on in your essay. You can certainly ask others to help you and it would be up to you to encourage them to understand that it will take commitment on their part to help you with the essay. On 418, we didn't submit for many of the awards available to us for a number of years. It took a while for our team to understand the value of the process and of participating. We have a sub-team that is the awards sub-team. That sub-team, like all of our sub-teams, has a leader who guides, directs, and manages the time demands for the submissions. The leader and the other members of the sub-team work very closely with one or two of the mentors as they work through the process. If they need anything from anyone else such as information or photos, they go to the mentor or students or parents on the team and ask for assistance. They also contact sponsors who have supported us and administrators of the school if they need to. It is a small sub-team of 3 to 4 members and they divide the tasks up among themselves, again - under the direction of their awards leader and their mentor.

We've learned what works and what doesn't work on our team and it varies year to year, depending on how many veterans are on the team and how many rookies and 1st year members are on the team. Teams go through cycles and they have rebuilding years that have some similarities to rookie teams.

Your team will learn to understand the value and purpose of submitting these essays for the Rookie All-Star, the Chairman's, the Woodie Flowers. Sometimes, teams need someone who believes in them and who can help guide the team in the direction needed to submit. That person on your team may be you. Don't lose courage.

I looked under the awards section here in CD and there is a sub-forum for the Chairman's. Check it out. One thread that has a couple of links in it that you might find valuable is this one. Read the other threads in the sub-forum as well. There is a lot of help available for you. Follow the rules in the manual in the awards section, ask questions if you need to, and get busy.

If you would like, send me a pm anytime, with any questions that you have.

All the best,
Jane