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Unread 16-04-2016, 10:33
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Re: FIRST LGBT+ (A blog by and about LGBT+ people in FIRST)

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Originally Posted by indieFan View Post
If you want to have a discussion about diversity and inclusion, shouldn't it be that we are all human and deserve similar opportunities? By creating separate blogs/posts/groups for each category, aren't you actually contributing to the lack of diversity and inclusion?
I think Josh's stated goals are to provide resources for everyone, with a emphasis on and perspective from the LGBT+ community. It may be a separate page, but its a resource everyone can utilize when trying to confront diversity issues. Would you say groups like NEMO segregate non-engineer mentors from the rest of the FIRST community?

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Originally Posted by TheModMaster8 View Post
honestly, to me. FIRST is about Science and technology, not so much political/social or cultural views, That to me seems like a team level fix and not a FIRST level fix, just my 2 cents
I don't see how what Josh is doing is in conflict with your statement. He's an individual on a team, reaching out to provide support and a voice to others in the FIRST community. it's not like this is a mandate coming from New Hampshire.

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Originally Posted by Mr_Moko View Post
There was an attempt to use the guidelines somewhere even though that was a little lost, though I am trying to contact FIRST about
A) Actually using their legal property for our logo
B) If there should be improvements so that the logo can fit better with the branding (Which there most definitely are)
Thank you for the heads up though!
First of all, I commend you for taking the initiative and starting something new to further enrich the FIRST experience for everyone.

If it turns out you need to change the logo, PM me and I'll either help design or mentor a student in developing a new one.
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