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Originally Posted by karomata
[*]One mentor is now officially allowed in the presentation as an observer only. If a mentor does this, they are considered one of the three people in the room. Why does the mentor have to count as part of the three? It seems like it would benefit everyone if a mentor was allowed to observe without taking away the spot from student presenter.[*]
This accordingly means that it compromises the number of open positions for students if the team chooses to have a mentor in the room.
It's certainly and interesting change to the rules.
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I definitely agree with your first point, that it would benefit teams to have the mentor observing.
This may not always be a negative thing, especially not for smaller or newer teams. If the team only has ~10 students, you may not be willing to have 1/3 of your team give a presentation, especially if you have a match soon to follow. Also if the team is newer, or has many new students, it may be more beneficial to have just 2 students present and a mentor there to give advice afterwards.
While I am unsure of the reasons for this change, I am interested to see what other teams decide to do.