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Unread 17-04-2003, 15:00
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we politely reminded them that there are no bolts in the small parts catalog that require a penis in order tighten them.
LOL, I hadn't read that before.
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This is way out of control!!

If the girl who created this thread wanted to know how many girls work on the BOT then she should have said so. And seriously, we're lucky to have girls on our team in the first place! At least they want to use their skills (whether it be social, artistic, or mechanical) to help better the team. THAT is being well rounded. The willingness to help with whatever you are CAPABLE OF. I'm glad all of you girls have the skills to work on your bot, It's a very good thing. So you use your skills and we'll use ours.
(by the way i was only expressing my own opinion about my own team. key words "i think..." I didn't ask for you two-cents about it)
NOW, can we just drop this and get back to what the post is supposed to be about... Thank you!
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Re: Whee for team numbers

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She's not answering the question about her team because she's from the same team as me, and I'm from the same team as the topic creator =P
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[b]yeah, the reason i asked is we're an all girls school too. some of our osu mentors are men, but we do most everything. [b]
*still confused*

I understand your entire team is made up of girls, but where have you answered the question about what each of you does on the team?
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Unread 17-04-2003, 15:23
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Re: Whee for team numbers

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She's not answering the question about her team because she's from the same team as me, and I'm from the same team as the topic creator =P
Just because you are on the same team as the topic creator doesn't excuse you from reading the questions and thinking about it first before you start randomly accusing others of answering the questions wrong.

The Questions said:

Everybody: What percent of your team is comprised of females?

Girls: What do you do on your team?

I don't see anything about robot in there.


Unless you get to know the team really well, don't make accusations saying that girls on other teams only do this or that. That's very unprofessional of you. The point of this question (unless I am mistaken), is to find out more about the girls on other teams. If you are going to answer for other teams, then you might as well do a post about "what I saw at the competition and here is my opinion about it".

And by the way, just because your team does things a certain way doesn't mean others have to do it like that too. There is no one right way to do things.
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What is up? I am Angela's little sister, the welder. I understand where you are coming from Kaelia, but i am sure we have all heard countless number of people say that FIRST isn't all about robots. I have said that countless numbers of times to defend myself when my friends make fun of what i do. So what if not every single girl works on the bot. That is only a small part of what needs to be done. Each member finds where they fit in and can best contribute. I took a class and did my part, RobotChickBree is an amazing artist and did her part to put her talents to use. We have a kid that does graphics design, does that make him any less of a team mate, our team has to many people and to many bunting heads to be able to have everyone work on the robot. Even though we would like to have that happen, other things need to be done. It isn't only about spirit, or cheerleading as you call it. It is about publicity so we can become known and comtinue the mission of FIRST. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
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Hrmm... we have 3 girls.. all 3 of which worked on the arm diligently. They were supposed to do some pr work but never got around to it because they were busy

Almost everything on our team was done by the guys.. but then again when you have like 3 girls it would seem to have to be that way lol..

However, even tho guys did most of the work on my team( everything from most all of the bot to literature ) girls are prob. the most important people at competition. Most of the time anyone will remember a cute girl, wrather than just another guy. They are our best PR people, and the best at finding out things from other teams that the guys could never find out cuz we underestimate their sneakiness.

Ie " If you push on their right side their drivetrain tends to break or they can't turn "

lol I luv the girls I wish we could just have more of them on our team

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don't hurt Kaelia!

please, don't attack kaelia! i know, i find it hard not to sometimes myself... if i durst, i think what she means it that we've noticed a lot of girls at competitions wearing cheerleading skirts and who are completely in the dark about what goes on in their team. we are not trying to cast doubt on the validity of fundraising, bookkeeping, or other robotics team responsibilities, but we couldn't help but notice girls in those positions in disproportionately high numbers, and those who do mechanical work, or, even more importantly, have a good mechanical understanding of their robot, are disproportionately underrepresented. we don't mean to accuse any specific teams. Rather, we just want to encourage other girls to fill any role they choose. Frankly, no one on our team can imagine choosing bookkeeping over getting covered with delrin dust or aluminum shavings while dremeling or bandsawing or something.

To answer the question i neglected earlier:
Kaelia and i think two other girls worked on controls, with two male mentors.
I and i think three other girls worked on drive train with one male mentor and one female mentor
two or three girls worked on suction cup (later becoming foot) with one male mentor
three or four girls worked on wings and sail with one male mentor and one female mentor
one girl worked on integration, bookkeeping, and other paperwork with one male mentor helping her out.
six girls worked on animation with one female mentor.
all girls besides animation worked in the machine shop. there was a lot of crossover between design teams, so almost every girl knows almost every function of the robot to some extent of detail. (with the exception again of animation. they sort of kept to themselves)

sorry i neglected that.
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I wasn't attack Kaelia, of course you guys (or gals) have the girls working on the robot. You guys are an all girl team. Our team doesn't have the luxury.
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my whole team is made of girls. thats almost 35 students. and only a few of our mentors arent. but then again, its an all girls school.
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this is not meant for hostility. by starting this thread, i was not trying to tell girls that they have to do mechanical work. i was just trying to raise the question of where are girls working in robotics, and why? that's all. i am not trying to make my team look better than other teams because we are all-female, but i think that as someone said it, we have that luxury. Rather than trying to say we are superior because we have all girls working on the robot, I wanted to say of course we have that because we're all girls. It's not because we're better or anything, it's because of our school. We didn't even do it on purpose. We just want to talk with other girls and find out what it's like for other girls in FIRST.
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