Rules
- Teams must have 3 - 4 members. Members must be students
currently enrolled in an undergraduate program at the school they
represent.
- Only one team from each school may apply.
- Teams must be registered by 5:00 pm. EST on October 2, 2009 to
participate.
- Teams must submit a solution to the case by 5:00 p.m. EST,
October 20, 2009.
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Student teams should
familiarize themselves with the Citizen-Centric Reporting model
available on the AGA website at
www.agacgfm.org/citizen/default.aspx. Each submission should
conform to the criteria in the design guidelines template and the
content guidelines. Submissions will be judged on the extent to
which the report is consistent with the guidelines. However, each
team should exercise its own judgment about the content of the
report within the general guidelines. There is no ‘formula’ for a
winning presentation.
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In addition to the
report, each student team should submit a short Word document (2-4
page) that summarizes the criteria the team used to decide what to
include (and what not to include) in the performance report and why.
The purpose of this document is simply to help the evaluation
committee understand the team’s deliberative process so that they
can review the report in the context of that process.
- Names of all team members and their school
should be included in the document header.
- Teams may use primary and secondary resources available to them.
Please site any sources using MLA format. All primary research must
be conducted by team members.
- Any late entries will result in a penalty of one point for each
day that the entry is late.
- The two highest-scoring teams will be selected and announced on
Monday, November 23, 2009 and will receive a scholarship to attend the AGA
National Leadership Conference (NLC) in Washington, D.C. in
February, 2010.
- All members from each of the top two teams must be present at
the NLC events in February. The brief presentation can be no more
than 20 minutes, and there will be 10 minutes allotted for questions
from the judges, consisting of a panel of government financial
management leaders and corporate sponsors. This presentation will
determine the final winner and will provide students with an
additional opportunity to demonstrate their case findings and
presentation skills. A/V equipment will be made available, and teams
may use any creative format for their presentation.
- Cash prizes will be awarded during the awards luncheon on the
final day of the conference. In addition, each student will receive a stipend
to cover travel and hotel expenses.
- Teams may have a faculty advisor if they choose.
Teaching notes will be emailed to all professors that make a
request on Oct. 5, 2009.
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