[FRC Blog] Something New - SWE Grant

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Steven Donow

Agreed. They don't really define how this will be enforced other than saying pit admin will "verify" it. Let's also theoretically say that 'someone' will verify it during a match. What if my female driver happens to be a chairman's presenter and is missing that match? What if, assuming we need a female driver for all of our events, she ends up being unable to attend an event?

"Driver" being the distinction for a female leadership sounds very arbitrary when there are other (and, arguably more significant) leadership positions that a girl can hold on a team.

Furthermore, this grant defines Female far too loosely. Are we talking biologically female? Identifies as female? What about other cases, even dealing solely with biological gender there's more than just Male and Female...