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Re: Recruiting Girls

Agreeing with the gist of everyone else's ideas. It's really important to have personal examples. You can say you boy to girl ratio all day, but if you can't say "this is ____, she's our head of programming" or "this is ____, she's the best graphic designer ever", then it doesn't give any reference to prospective students. Being able to point to a role model that shows girls can be successful on the team is a powerful tool. Also, having girls on outreach is good too, because only having boys representing your team gives off the vibe that there aren't any girls. No one wants to be the only one.
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