Sign this petition to allow girls in robotics! (at Timmins Public library)!

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Siri

This is where my disconnect happens. How does one jump from "there aren't unlimited resources" to "the qualifier to access should be gender". ...

Access to what?

When you wrote "the qualifier to access" you didn't include what you thought would be accessed. What do you think was/is the event's nature? How much do you know about the event? How familiar are you with it's goals, its planned methods, or any other details?

If you have been assuming that the event was going to closely resemble the STEM education and inspiration programs that tend to dominate the CD mindset (programs that spend a lot of time teaching students about STEM topics), that might be one reason we are talking past each other.

Based on what has been posted here, and on my general prejudice that libraries are not bastions of irrational, hateful, or narrow-minded thinking, I have been assuming the event would be quite different from a typical VEX, BEST, FIRST, etc. event.

Blake
PS: Time for sleep now. I'll write an answer that tries to close the disconnect tomorrow. If you can shed some light on this post's question that will help me. I'll bet closing that gap is possible.