We've been recruiting since derby existed in Maine. I'm jealous of my hometown, Pittsburgh, where they started the Steel City Derby Dames the same time MRD started up and they have something like six teams. Maine just doesn't have the big population pool to recruit from.
We rollergirls are always sizing up women, talking to them about joining, and at almost all of our events there are tons of girls - usually drunk ones - that are pumped to join derby. We all get excited about our new friends and potential derby sisters. But, alas, we never see their faces again.

Last Sunday, we held our first "Recruitment Day," which was quite successful. We had 17 girls sign on and jibber about how they want to skate with us. This is fantastic. And even more fantastic is that a few actually showed up at Tuesday's practice.

But I'm not getting my hopes up. I've waisted far too many nights blubbering about how derby is so wonderful and how it changes your life, blah blah, and been burned far too many times by girls with their fake promises of joining.

So hey new derby girls - let's see what you're made of. Don't let your commitment-phobia ruin it for you and the rest of us! PROVE YOURSELVES!