[Gary Dillard]

As a volunteer working crowd control on Archimedes during the division playoffs, here's how I understood our directions through most of the playoffs (sorry the details are a little fuzzy). First let me note that when things first started there seemed to be multiple "directions" regarding teams, media, others, etc. that were often conflicting, so our head queuer got in a chat session with the other lead queuers (I think he said on Facebook that they had set up) to see what other divisions were doing and make sure that all fields were being consistent. I don't recall the initial guidelines he provided, but shortly after that the guidelines changed again based on input from someone higher up the chain (either someone from FIRST or maybe Jess, I don't recall that either) and they were the same for the remainder of the division playoffs on our field. I was next to the field, so I don't know how this was disseminated to the queuers working behind the curtain.
If you had a team media badge, you were allowed in the media area (the front of the field by the stands, taped off and offset from center) while your team was on the field, plus anyone with a FIRST media badge, so that was only about 8 people to check on. That gave us room to get the robots on and off the field safely and quickly. From about 3 feet behind the media line back to the stands and extending the length of the field was the taped off area where anyone who's team was on the field was allowed to watch, plus invited guests and judges who were generally allowed to stand toward the front of the viewing area behind the media. I would make a couple of passes checking badges before each match started, and that was about it.