We have only 4 girls on our team...then again...our team only has 10 people...:p

Our team had a problem with initative.... then we fixed it.

We started out the year with 43 people and now have 18.

But, strangely, the people who quit were mostly boys. Of course, there were more boys that joined in the first place, but most of the girls stuck with it.

We girls do a lot, we didn't only stick with it, but we also worked our bums off.

all girl team
 

We're the only all-girls team in Canada right now. We have about 25 students on our team, and I think we surprised quite a few teams with our robot!

*nods* Next year there will be *gasp* two girls on my team! w00t!

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow two girls... lol

Yes indeed...But it's really not that bad considering how small the team is anyway...I mean, next year the team will be smaller than this year. And we have 10 currently...

smaller? dont you recuit many people???

*shrugs* We're small and un-recognized. The team is grateful I've already got one recruit set up for next year. I was talking to one teacher today at school (she noticed my medal and asked me about it) and she insisted we contact the local newspaper...I agree totally. I mean, they had something about our spirit leaders getting 3rd in Nationals but there's nothing about us getting 3 trophies from 2 regionals...
The teacher also made the excellent suggestion of making a robotics booth at both (or at least one) of the major high schools in town at next year's club sign-up day. It could work!

It might work... Just let everyone know what your team does...

We build awesome wooden robots that eeeeveryone loves. :D


off-topic edit: I'm a "Frequent Contributor." lol. That's funny.

I hate to say it but the 5 or so girls on our team really do most of the work... I guess us guys are to lazy :rolleyes: :D

Re: all girl team
 

SWAT!!! You guys are cool. Congrats on getting choosen during the alliance pairings in Canada. :)

Actually, there seems to be quite a few girls in FIRST.. or at least I've noticed that to be the case in Annapolis and Canada.

Thanks a bunch! You guys rocked the competition too! way to go 639!

Out of 25 members of our team (716) 13 are girls (2 juniors, the rest either freshman or sophomores). They make up most of our travel team. Someone said before that many of us girls don't have the initiative to do big things... but that's anything but true on our team. Last year i was head scout and also wrote the chairman's award by myself. Another team member, also a girl, and i co-wrote a woody flowers award paper for our engineer. This year i am one of the 2 drivers for our team and my drive team is all girls. My operator has been on the team since we started and she has overcome more than almost anyone on the team, due to the fact that when she began she was the only girl. At our last two off season competitions, our entire pit crew was made up of girls, and when we meet after school, most of the shop is made up of girls... doing most of the building. :yikes: So at your next competition, look for us... we're not as rare as you think!

Re: Girls on Teams
 

The situation I see is not a matter of what girls are "given" but more of what girls are willing to do. On our team positions are earned based on individual initiative and reliability. We don't set "girl" jobs and "boy" jobs but instead allow whomever to sign up for the positions they are interested in. Each student is required to hold one robot related and one administrative type position.
Right now we have about 7 girls on a team of 45. The newer ones are largely there due to the efforts of our past female members. We simply don't attract lots of girls. Nor do we go out of our way to attract more or give special treatment to those that do join.
I've found that the ladies tend to sign up for more of the PR and administrative kinds of things. We have a bunch of our theatre students who essentially develop and run our Volcano Crew (cheer section). Its fun. It also has a lot of boys on it.

This season we have boy girl teams running the pit area. One girl who will be fabricating with the guys and a bunch of new ones that will be first year scouts.

So girls- don't settle for what the guys "let you have". If they get in your way, kick some 'bot and stand up for yourselves!!




WC
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PS- sign up for Final Bin Bash 10/25 closes 10/12. Haven't seen those Midwest teams yet. Hmmmmmmm....