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I was not at Championships this past year due to not being able to get off work so I am unsure of what it was like compared to 2012 when as a volunteer I was left with a sour taste in my mouth due to ungracious behaviors I witnessed and a lack of coordination for getting teams into their seats for Einstein. I am just playing the devils advocate here for the sake of another view, particularly the view someone planning would have to consider when designing the plan.

By adding a scouting section how would it be enforced that only those who are queued for matches(if there are 6 scouters allowed per team, that 36 potential scouters per match) are in the section? (I am using teams that are queued for matches as a limiting factor for the amount of space needed to be roped off for the scouting section, if anyone else has any other ways to limit it that would be great to hear. Without limits there would be a need to rope off 600 seats per division just for scoting) And how many additional volunteers would be needed to run and manage this new section on each field? If it gets queued like getting on the field that means at least 2 volunteers per section.

I know this point has been beat to death when it comes to events but every year the manual states seats are not to be saved. If they were to go to randomly assigned slots of seats, how would this be enforced? Would it be gracious professionalism similar to what is supposed to be in place to prevent the saving of seats? From a volunteer side of it how will the seating arrangements be determined for each day? Will it be announced the day prior or have the entire weekend planned as soon as divisions are out? How could those running the event handle possible issues between teams over the seats? Would there be a specific desk that you could go lodge a complaint and they would send a volunteer to investigate? How many more volunteers would this require to be effective?