[Nemo]

Last year the sound at North Star was loud enough to hurt my ears in the stands. I brought that concern to a safety advisor, and she brought it to other volunteers. It got better after that, which was awesome.

This is something that could be addressed from the top. FIRST can direct event organizers to follow certain volume rules, then event coordinators make sure the sound people know those limits.

I'm sure some of the people who run the sound at these events are used to other events where lots of the people actually want 100 decibels or more. It might not occur to those people to moderate their volume unless somebody directs them to do so.

I fully agree that this is an important issue given that we spend 3 long days at a typical regional event.