[EricH]

Originally Posted by Robotmmm

I also like the idea of a designated "scouting team only" section. Each team would get 4(?) badges (like the drive team ones) and you can only be in that section if you have a badge.

6 badges, minimum, per team. You don't have to use all of them...but to have only 4 scouts is going to be rough, and I speak from experience (scouting 4 robots with only 2 people doing it isn't fun--tells you how long I've been doing this). I'd prefer 7, 6 plus one sub/data person/messenger.

But, what's been brought up before when this is proposed is this: You're splitting the team. Teams generally don't like to be split, which is why saving seats comes up every year.

The other factor is that the scouting section(s) will need to be in the GOOD seats, and have power available for those that have electronics. Now you need extra crowd control to kick people without those buttons out of those seats, and some policing of the outlets or whatever other power supplies are available.