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Re: [OCCRA]: Kindness on this website!!!
I've been reading the posts regarding the competitions.
It is obvious to me that the competitions have been planned out very carefully and well.
It is also obvious to me that the support of women in science and technology is a part of this plan as is encouraging girls to enter into robotics as an exciting and challenging field. Our team has about 6 girls this year. This is a bumper crop for us and roughly about a 5th of the team. In recent years we only had one girl and that made it difficult for her to travel to Championships. She ended up not being able to go because we couldn't afford the room and travel expense of a chaperone for her.
It seems to me that the competitions are fair and well thought out. There may be a time when the engineering fields have many qualified women working in them. Right now that is not the case. OCCRA is doing good stuff.
Jane
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