New all-female FIRST Team @ Westinghouse

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Um, you made a new team now, for this year? How's that work - I thought registration was closed.

Sometimes Registration is more closed than others. If somebody pops up at the last minute and donates enough to get a team started, FIRST will accomodate them. They can also be fairly flexible about payment for events, if they are sure they will get paid eventually. I wouldn't expect to see any new teams past today though.

Personally, I like Alan's contribution for a team name.

[Chaos Marine]

Is the name Fem-Bots taken?

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by Chaos Marine

Is the name Fem-Bots taken?

I know there is a Fem-Bots in Sacramento, CA. If I recall correctly their number is 692. Incidentally I think they were the first team to experiment with autonomy in FIRST robots. They were doing it at a couple of years before it became part of the game.

Originally Posted by Chaos Marine

Is the name Fem-Bots taken?

Yep.

I'd suggesting something along the lines of Women Exceeding Nationally Challenged Habits, or something along that thread. It seems you folks are proud of the all girl part, so make sure to pick a name that shows it, and still shows a unified, intelligent front.

[danshaffer]

i saw a lego league team (probably near San Jose, CA) called 'Girls Excited About Robotics', with a gear theme.

[GoldenAI]

How about S.I.M >>>> a Sisters Inner Machine

eh...girls are only human on the outside anyway...jk lol

[GoldenAI]

lol my friend just came up with a funny one....

NNJB - No Nuts Just Bolts (haha...lets not take this seriously)

[chelseymelsey]

We just started an all-girls team at our school with only three members, but anyways we are named the Sweetie Pies.

[Rich Wong]

CONGRATS!
Can't wait to meet them. (especially since I work across the street)

Name?
How about The Pirate Queens (yes, there is a Broadway Play & book by the same name)?

[jeremiah.pegues]

and we still havent come up with a name...

nonetheless we are working on two robots and i guess a name'll just pop up! of course you guys can still throw suggestions at us

[Pirate_Nelly354]

We did come up with a name. Simple and staying to our roots.
Lady Pirates

There's a debate with our colors though!
haha.
I still want yellow! We're still Pirates, yellow seems fitting to me =]

[Pirate_Nelly354]

Originally Posted by GoldenAI

lol my friend just came up with a funny one....

NNJB - No Nuts Just Bolts (haha...lets not take this seriously)

ahaha, thank you very much.
We're taking it seriously and making it our slogan.

[GoldenAI]

Originally Posted by Pirate_Nelly354

ahaha, thank you very much.
We're taking it seriously and making it our slogan.

lol you're welcome...I wonder what my robotics team will think about this lol

[RoboMom]

http://www.deadmentellnotales.com/on...omenlist.shtml

[JaneYoung]

It would be great to promote the team as a team, not necessarily as a girls' team. I know we still have work to do in this field/area but I would definitely steer very clear of any names that draw attention to a girls' team in any way denoting negativity or weakness or promoting a stereotype regarding women.

If you want to connect with the Pirate theme, think of some different things connected to pirates - such as:
the sea
the navigational instruments
parts of the ship
the stars they used for direction
nautical measurements

things like that.