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I was getting a chuckle reading your dilemma thinking to myself "Welcome to every team USA"

I sure wish I knew how to solve those problems, but we continue to have them on our team after 8 years of looking for solutions.

Couple things that have helped.

We have a core pit team consisting of a lead and 3-4 team members. They have all access to the pit. We also have a drive team and scout team. Anyone not assigned to one of those three teams rotates thru various positions during an event including; pit, pit scout, historian, spirit. We rotated on a two hour schedule at AZW which didn't work so well, probably will try have day rotations next time. This worked pretty well to keep the pits manageable.

Part of the problem, assuming you are characterizing rght, is the view that everybody needs to "feel" included. IMO everyone needs to earn the right to be included in the functioning of the team, that includes being there for meetings, outreach events, and build days. We choose the most active members of our team to be on the pit/drive/scout teams. The others get the rotating duties.

Anyway hope that helps give you a couple ideas of how to improve.

The team, just like the robot, needs constant iteration and innovation cycles in order to continue to improve.

Good luck and keep moving forward