Thread: Event Waitlist and Capacity Transparency
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Re: Event Waitlist and Capacity Transparency
It would be nice if the wait list was cleared via some sort of priority system as Karthik suggests. Unfortunately, proximity, team size, what the team can "bring to the event" (spirit, support, etc.) and even team sponsors are all taken into account. The RDs are trying to create a good event, which means that some times teams that are first to sign up on a wait list are bypassed by others - often for reasons that are not immediately clear and reasons that FIRST might not want to publish.

I've mixed feelings about this. Having been been in the "wait list limbo", I think that some sort of idea about their chances should be communicated to teams. On the other hand, I want to have the overall event be as good as possible.

The best thing to alleviate this "fastest fingers" registration would be to have a registration period and a lottery at the end of it.

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