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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
By essentially only rewarding those that already meet a final goal, change isn't promoted.
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Presumably, this grant will exist for more than one season, giving teams a carrot to strive towards when it comes to promoting gender diversity.
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Originally Posted by ehfeinberg
Who are the four most visible, photographed, video taped, etc... members on any FRC team? The two drivers, the human player, and coach.
FIRST doesn't just want women to have a high profile leadership position on the team, they want women to have a high visibility position on the team. If is 50-50 men to women, but all the drivers/coach/human players are all men, then to an outsider it would look like the team is mostly comprised of men. Having a woman on the drive team would help provide the visibility to outsiders to show that FRC is not just for males.
I am not saying that I think the implementation will be effective, but it accomplishes what the Society of Women Engineers wants to accomplish, making women a highly visible feature of FRC.
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Do you know that visbility is what SWE wants to accomplish? Are you certain that FIRST/SWE are prioritizing visibility over experience and responsibility? I feel that's a big assumption to make.
Secondly, you mentioned four people in your description, "two drivers, the human player, and coach." The grant only calls out "drivers." Does having a female human player or coach count? What if the female coach is a mentor?
While the drivers are the highest visibility at the event, many teams have higher visibility individuals during the rest of the year (aka the vast majority of the time). Team captains, lead mentors, PR members, and presenters will likely have a much higher visibility within their school and community than the drivers will (assuming they're different individuals).
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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS
What would teams prefer be the criteria for this award?
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They already have a useful one in terms of the diversity plan they're asking for. Most importantly, I would like better definitions of the requirements (namely 50/50 and drivers) and an expansion of the driver requirement to team leadership.