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Originally Posted by a breezy era
I havent' seen the logo either, and I don't live in Florida, but I think it is an absolutely fabulous idea. I'll start an Indiana chapter if there isn't already one. Something that might help if you try is getting an interested group of girls to come into a robotics meeting and sort of shadow you for a day. Not like, during build season or anything, but if you're learning an easier an interactive technique (depends on age group) they can get in on it and really really enjoy it. Good luck! - Genia (461, W. Lafayette IN)
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Thank you for the wish of luck for the Robot Chicks Union (RCU)! This summer, some of the girls from SPAM and I hope to get together and work out all of the plans, and hopefully get the RCU going by the time school starts in the fall. Already, teams in Manchester have organiezed "RCU" events, like field trips to Autodesk and DEKA, as well as a program called "FIRST Class Girls," where females involved in FIRST Robotics wrote letters to girls involved in lego league. They have also been doing "Girls Connect" workshops for 10-14 year olds, which is something that we would like to start in Florida, and help intrest girls in robotics.
To get younger girls involved in robotics, and recuit future girls to join team S.P.A.M., we had an idea to start a "Robot Chickettes Union," for lego league age girls. Some of our possible plans were to hold activities for girls, like with the lego mindstorms, to spark an intrest of robotics, and to have local female engineers and scientist, speak to the girls about how girls too can become engineers, and that math, science, and engineering can be fun. Hopefully, we can suceed with the RCU.
I have a possible logo for the Robot Chickettes Union, on this site at:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...gle&picid=7928
also, even though I don't think it has been updated for a while, it still gives information on the RCU, and the RCU's website is:
http://www.geocities.com/robotchicksunion/
Thank you again for showing interest, and if all goes well, we hope for the RCU to become a widely known organization in the FIRST community.
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