[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

I agree that measures need to be taken to ensure entry is smooth and safe for everyone... but at the same time, I think it's a bit early to be calling out FIRST for not doing anything this year - we're still a week out from the event! It's entirely possible they have plans in place for additional measures to make things more orderly, and simply didn't include them in the A-Z guide.

If this isn't talked about before the event and plans are not in place for queueing to change, then we spend another year dealing with a dangerous situation that's easy to solve when we could be fixing it. I think the risk of asking FIRST to do something it's already doing is far less than the risk of not saying enough when something needs to be said.

I can tell you one thing - half of all teams don't read e-mails pertaining to the events their attending, and even less check websites for information about those events. I know we get hammered with questions from team leaders leading up to every regional, when the information they're asking for was included in an e-mail blast and is on our local website.

This proposal doesn't necessarily require any advance knowledge at all. A leaflet could be distributed to teams Wednesday night, simple signage could help direct traffic Thursday morning... Nothing about this seems infeasible or requires teams to constantly check Chief Delphi.