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on the river city robotics are captain was a senior gril and so was our photographer

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I agree with you 100%, I'm a mentor for animation and website design for team 590, all of our team members are Native American, so to us its just a matter of what the team needs to accomplish. We see each other as equals(mostly)whether a veteran or new member, and enjoy the competition for what it is. Normally we have 4-8 girls but we don't see it that way:) :) :)

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We have three girls on 1923. Out of roughly 10 students.
One of them, Amy, is brand-brand new, but has expressed an interest in mechanical/electrical, but at the same time is very artistic. She's going to be very valuable to the team. :)

Katie (Horsegirrl on CD) is our Spirit Captain, and definitely the most energetic person on the team. Originally I had made her join because I felt awkward as the only girl (at the time.) She and her dad fell in love with FIRST. She's very busy, that same dad owns a barn with 17 horses (hence, Horsegirrl), so she's not as active of a member, but without her 1923 would just be a group of kids sitting quietly in the stands (and one very loud driver...:o )

The final girl on 1923, of course, would be me. I started the team in my freshman year, simply because our school didn't have one. I've been going to FIRST events with my dad since I was a little kid, and I couldn't imagine being in high school and actually having FREE TIME between January and March. I'd like to think I do a lot, but you'd probably have to ask my mentor.

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We had about three - five girls out of about twelve. One helped me with media/website, the twins helped build (they really fit in and liked it), and the other did various tasks. But all of them did what they felt they wanted to do, and we didn't have any problem with girls being on the team doing what they did. Besides, with a small (or even large) team you can use all the help you can get.

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The amount of girls is constantly growing on Team RUSH 27. The year before I joined (2006 Aim High) there were 2 girls out of the 18 members. One did electrical and programming work and the other did mechanical stuff. Last year (2007 Rack n' Roll) we had 6 girls out of 26 members 5 of the girls did mechanical stuff and just 1 did business stuff. This year we have 11 girls out of the 31 members and the team lets us choose whatever position we want, programming and electrical, mechanical, inventor, or business.

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I'm the only girl on my team, head of (and only) ADMIN, and Vice President.
I also hang out in the shop when admin has been taken care of to find out what's happening with the bot, and how I can help.

I've also been learning more web design from our web master. I like to learn a bit of everything.

We have about 7 people officially on the team. We will hopefully have more by next semester. . .if all the recruting works. :P

~Casey

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[off-topic] What are you doing for recruting? We started a robotics class this year, so that helps. But do you post flyers, morning announcements, etc? [/off-topic]

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on 457 we have 18 girls on a roster of 45 students

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in responce to batbotcrewfrosh comment we have 5 member 2 of them are girls. So the role for girls on our team is different to those of larger teams.

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When I joined in fall 2005, there were 4 girls of 24 students. That year, we had:

Strategy: 1
Mechanical: 1
Spirit/Fundraising: 2

This year, there are officially 16 (out of about 50), many of whom are rarely at meetings. Here's the breakdown:

Leadership: 1
Strategy: 1 (same person as leadership)
Mechanical: 2
Spirit/Fundraising: 12
Photographer: 1

I'm very disappointed by this, to be honest. By no means am I trying to say that I think spirit, fundraising, and community activities are less important or any less work than building the robot- I am well aware that they are a huge part of building a balanced and successful team. Unfortunately, the majority of my team does not seem to agree with me there. And of course it's the girls who get recruited to do these so-called "worthless" and "easy" jobs, because my team seems to think that's all the girls are capable of. I could go on about this for a long time... but in short, everyone on the team, sometimes including the girls themselves, underestimate their worth and push away from anything related to the robot itself.

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We have three girls of about 15 students. I am a student leader along with two other boys. I also do milling, and work on the robot. I am the teams secretary and the loudest cheerleader you will find on our team.

Another girl does programming, and organizes scouting. The other girl does most of our scouting and makes buttons and t-shirts, team image stuff.

Our girls are pretty even with doing technical work and what would be considered "girly" work. :D

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Our team has about 4 (or five) girls on a team of 12

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Looks like 1025's latest headcount is

• 7 girls, 7 boys
• One female engineer, one male
• Two female teacher mentors.

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we have about ten on our team and they do the same jobs as the guys minus lifting heavy stuff

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On our team we have about twenty to thirty people. Those including, nine mentors and about twenty or so students. About fifteen of the students are active, the rest are more on the cheering side. In our team we have a total of six women, three mentors and three students.

The Miczek sisters are both mentors and help on the sponsoring and the cheering.
Mrs. Leland is helping along with the Miczek sisters.
Maria Cantos is working on the programing of the robot.
Jen Rodriquez is helping with the mechanical work.
Daisy Delgado (me) I am working on the electrical part along with the drawings of the robot.