[sanddrag]

Now Frank, will you PLEASE consider directing local regionals to allow teams to set up their pit areas during load-in night? It is SO much safer and easier than in the rush of things on the first morning. To be blunt, the existing schedule and limitation on setup is stupid.

We load in all our stuff Wednesday night, completely filling the 10x10 area, then Thursday morning we move it ALL out of the 10x10 area completely, blocking the aisle and getting in the way of numerous people, and then assemble back into our pit area piece by piece properly. While the pit setup is taking place, we usually move the robot to a vacant hallway or other area to prepare it for inspection. It's a very disruptive process to all parties in attendance, and we take up 3 pit areas worth of space doing it.

Just let us set up the pit on load-in night when hardly anybody is there.