[Tom Line]

That is horrible behavior. We have a talk before every event with our team and try to explain the image we need to present and the behavior we all need to adhere to.

As FIRST grows you will naturally see a larger cross-section of people involved. I've seen similar complaints about the people who frequent Chief Delphi as well. People complain that it has become less technical, less close-knit, and more of the /facebook/twitter/meme/ crowd has adopted it. I think that is the natural result of growth.

The first thing you can do is continue to remind your team of how they need to act. In fact, I know many teams ban their students from posting on Chief Delphi altogether. I wouldn't recommend that myself, but having a mentor who follows all your team's posts might be a good idea.

Likewise, at events, SPEAK UP. Passivity has never changed anything. If a team is being rude, saving seats, etc, then talk to the FTA and volunteers and have them handle it, or talk to the teams themselves.

We have a lot of new people entering the sport (just wait until the Boys and Girls teams come in) and they will not start out knowing the culture.

Heck, I STILL see low number teams with flashing lights and sound on their carts, taking extremely loud and obnoxious noisemakers into the stands, and reserving entire sections for themselves.

We have a lot of work to do.