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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley
Teams who felt they needed to work on their robots were able to do so (btw this should be something an individual team decides, not a volunteer), and the crowd for ceremonies was full and energetic.
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Now we run into the issue of what constitutes a
need to work on the robot. For some teams it is obvious- maybe their robot isn't moving. However, many teams also see other "needs." Maybe my robot is already the best robot at the regional, but I "need" to tweak the shooter arm a little bit to ensure I got from getting 95% of the shots to 100% of the shots. Is this really a need though? Should I skip the opening ceremonies to do this?
I'm fine with letting teams who actually have a need sticking around to work on their robot, but allowing the teams to determine if there is a need is essentially the same as just letting everyone stay back in the pit anyway.
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Originally Posted by MARS_James
Sorry for the long rant but seriously guys remember we are doing this for the students, the students worked on this robot for 6 weeks or more, let them do what they feel they need to, and let the teams decide what that is.
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Many of those volunteers who would like to clear the pits for opening ceremonies don't just want to view the ceremonies for the sake of viewing the ceremonies. Many of those volunteers are also mentors for teams and want to be there to celebrate, congratulate, and recognize students from their team and from other teams.
We will never get to a point where we can pull
all of the volunteers from the pits due to safety concerns, but if we can get 95% of the teams out of the pits, the vast majority of volunteers in the pits can attend opening ceremonies.
I'm also not convinced that the rules for people being in the pits means that everyone can stay in the pits. As another user posted earlier, I interpret that as being "if you absolutely need to be in the pits, here are the rules." I think it's a good question for Frank.